Fred Ehrsam is the co-founder and General Partner at Paradigm. Previously, he co-founded Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency company in the US, and held the role of President from 2012 to 2017. In 2011, Fred bought his first Bitcoin and has been an angel investor in some of the most formative companies in the space. Before Coinbase, Fred was a foreign exchange trader at Goldman Sachs in New York. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Economics with honors and departmental distinction from Duke University.