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Brett Tejpaul

Head of Coinbase Institutional

Coinbase

New York, NY, USA

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Brett Tejpaul’s Biography

Brett Tejpaul is the Head of Coinbase Institutional, a division of Coinbase that helps clients understand, develop and execute opportunities created by digital assets and Web3. He is a highly experienced leader and strategist with nearly three decades of experience in financial services, institutional sales and the cryptocurrency space and a deep expertise in developing and implementing digital strategies and advanced data and analytics platforms.

Coinbase is focused on the continued institutionalization of cryptocurrencies. Since its launch, Coinbase has expanded its institutional client base, built new features that serve institutional investors and developed in-depth industry research about cryptocurrencies as an asset class and its role within a diversified portfolio.

As Head of Coinbase Institutional, Brett is focused on driving the company’s Institutional Sales and Prime Services, which includes digital asset custody, institutional-grade trading platform and industry research. He is a leader in helping institutions build connections between Finance 1.0 and the crypto economy,... Brett Tejpaul is the Head of Coinbase Institutional, a division of Coinbase that helps clients understand, develop and execute opportunities created by digital assets and Web3. He is a highly experienced leader and strategist with nearly three decades of experience in financial services, institutional sales and the cryptocurrency space and a deep expertise in developing and implementing digital strategies and advanced data and analytics platforms.

Coinbase is focused on the continued institutionalization of cryptocurrencies. Since its launch, Coinbase has expanded its institutional client base, built new features that serve institutional investors and developed in-depth industry research about cryptocurrencies as an asset class and its role within a diversified portfolio.

As Head of Coinbase Institutional, Brett is focused on driving the company’s Institutional Sales and Prime Services, which includes digital asset custody, institutional-grade trading platform and industry research. He is a leader in helping institutions build connections between Finance 1.0 and the crypto economy, and he guides the team that has emerged as a market leader in delivering cryptocurrency solutions to global financial services companies.

Prior to joining Coinbase, Brett held numerous roles at Barclays Investment Bank over a 16-year tenure, most recently as Head of Digital and Global Head of Sales. He is a pioneer in expanding the digital role across sales and trading, while also leading the creation of a digital bank prototype. Previously, he held a range of roles in credit, trading and sales at J.P. Morgan.

Brett also serves on the Advisory Board of Eightfold.ai, the first AI-driven Talent Intelligence Platform that transforms how companies hire, maintain and expand a diverse workforce.

Brett earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Boston College Carroll School of Management. READ MORE VIEW LESS

Brett Tejpaul’s Newsfeed

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Brett Tejpaul’s Background

Coinbase

Head of Coinbase Institutional

Apr 2020 - Present

New York, NY, USA

Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum and litecoin. Its mission is to bring more innovation, efficiency and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system.

Barclays Corporate and Investment Bank

Barclays Markets Executive Committee, Global Head of Sales FICC and Equities, and Head of Digital

Jun 2018 - Sep 2019

New York, NY, USA

Barclays is a British multinational bank and financial services company serving clients across the globe. Brett deployed leading technologies to drive revenue with institutional clients and, among other responsibilities, developed advanced data & analytics platforms.

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Brett Tejpaul’s Gallery

Brett Tejpaul speaking at Bitcoin Investor Day in New York in March 2024.

Brett Tejpaul speaking at Singapore Token 2049

Board Positions

Eightfold

Advisory Board

Sep 2019 - Present

Santa Clara, CA, USA

Powered by AI, the Eightfold Talent Intelligence Platform empowers organizations to recruit and retain a diverse global workforce and provides applications for enterprises to build on their talent’s existing skills.

Media

Apple Podcast #1351 | Russell Star, Zach Pandl, Brett Tejpaul | Institutions Are Buying A LOT of Bitcoin

Podcast

Mar 2024

New York, NY, USA

Russell Star, the Head of Capital Markets at Defi & Valour; Zach Pandl, Managing Director of Research at Grayscale Investments and Brett Tejpaul, Head of Coinbase Institutional, are in conversation at Bitcoin Investor Day in New York.

State of Crypto Summit 2024

Video

Jun 2024

At the second Coinbase State of Crypto Summit, industry leaders, institutional investors, policymakers, and academics got together to discuss the current world of cryptocurrency.

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Interviews

How Coinbase is Leading Institutional Adoption

Mar 2023

Brett Tejpaul and Greg Tusar discuss how Coinbase is onboarding the next wave of institutional adoption, how Coinbase is preparing for both the present and the future of tokenization in the space.

Institutional Adoption into the Digital Asset Industry

May 2021

As part of this CfC St. Moritz talk, Brett Tejpaul and others discuss institutional adoption into the digital asset space and what it takes to build a complete and robust suite of services for institutional investors.

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Publications

Insights from the State of Crypto Summit

Author

Jul 2023

New York, NY, USA

Brett Tejpaul discusses Coinbase's State of Crypto Summit, which convened over 400 leading institutional investors, corporate executives, media professionals and industry regulators across crypto and traditional finance to discuss emerging opportunities and the most salient topics impacting the industry.

Coinbase Has Acquired One River Digital Asset Management

Co-author

Mar 2023

New York, NY, USA

Writing for the Coinbase company blog, Brett Tejpaul and Greg Tusar discuss the importance of Coinbase's acquisition of One River Digital Asset Management (ORDAM), a premier institutional digital asset manager and SEC-registered investment adviser.

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Speaking Engagements

Bitcoin Investor Day

Featured Speaker

Mar 2024

New York, NY, USA

Brett took part in a panel at the inaugural Bitcoin Investor Day, hosted by Reflexivity Research, in New York on 22 March 2024.

The Collision of Macro and Digital Assets | Eric Peters& Brett Tejpaul

Featured Speaker

Jun 2022

West Palm Beach, FL, USA

At Blockworks’ Permissionless event Eric Peters and Brett Tejpaul discuss the relationship between Coinbase and One River Digital Asset Management, understanding buy vs. sell cycles in the crypto space and their outlook on the macro market.

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Brett Tejpaul’s Education

Boston College | Carroll School of Management

BS | Finance