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Balaji S. Srinivasan

Balaji S. Srinivasan

Balaji S. Srinivasan is an angel investor and entrepreneur.

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Balaji S. Srinivasan is an angel investor and entrepreneur known for his roles at Coinbase, Andreessen Horowitz, and Earn.com. Srinivasan earned his bachelor's, master's, and PhD from Stanford University between 1997 to 2006.

Career

Srinivasan is a former CTO at Coinbase, a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, and a cofounder of various companies, such as Earn.com (where he was CEO), Counsyl, Teleport, and Coin Center. He has been named to the MITTR35 and has been awarded a Wall Street Journal Innovation Award. His degrees from Stanford University are in electrical engineering and chemical engineering.

Srinivasan has been an angel investor and an advisor to companies such as Soylent, Toen Daily, Teleport, Glow, Terminal.com, Gencove, 1Confirmation, TryBTC, Coin Center, Paradigm, Shrug Capital, Cameo, Superhuman, ZenGo. His venture capital investments have been in Digital Ocean, Omada Health, OpenGov, Benchling, Tradeblock, Axoni, SolveBio, HumanAPI, and Medisas. He has also invested in Bitcoin and Ethereum.

News

Srinivasan made the news in March 2023 when he entered into a bet on Twitter. Another Twitter account under a pseudonym proposed a million-dollar bet that the United States would not enter hyperinflation, which had been a topic of discussion due to the country already experiencing inflation.

Srinivasan responded with his thoughts and explained that he predicted that not only will the United States experience hyperinflation but also that bitcoin will reach a value of $1 million within ninety days. With the bet, if bitcoin does not reach $1 million by June 17, 2023, the Twitter user with the pseudonym will win $1 million worth of USD coin and one bitcoin. If bitcoin does indeed reach a value of $1 million, Srinivasan does not have to pay anything.

Timeline

April 28, 2023
Srinivasan speaks at CoinDesk’s Consensus 2023 conference.
July 4, 2022
Srinivasan releases his book, "The Network State".
2019
Srinivasan is a speaker at San Francisco Blockchain Week.
April 2018
Balaji S. Srinivasan becomes CTO of Coinbase till May 2019.
October 2017
Balaji S. Srinivasan co-establishes and becomes CEO of Earn.com.
2014
Balaji S. Srinivasan co-establishes and becomes a board member of Coin Center.
2014
Balaji S. Srinivasan co-establishes Teleport.
January 2006
Balaji S. Srinivasan becomes a lecturer at the Department of Statistics and Computer Science at Stanford University till January 2018.
2006
Balaji S. Srinivasan receives a PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
2003
Balaji S. Srinivasan receives a master's degree in chemical engineering from Stanford University.

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Further Resources

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#606: Balaji S. Srinivasan -- The Network State and How to Start a New Country | The Tim Ferriss Show • Podcast Notes

Drew Waterstreet

https://podcastnotes.org/tim-ferris-show/606-balaji-s-srinivasan-the-network-state-and-how-to-start-a-new-country-the-tim-ferriss-show/

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July 13, 2022

And What Has the Blockchain Ever Done for Us?

balajis

https://balajis.com/and-what-has-the-blockchain-ever-done-for-us/

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May 21, 2018

Balaji Srinivasan Explains $1M Bitcoin Bet Rationale, Says Could Take Longer Than 90 Days

Jamie Crawley

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/04/28/balaji-srinivasan-explains-1m-bitcoin-bet-rationale-says-could-take-90-months-not-90-days/

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April 28, 2023

How to Gradually Exit Twitter

balajis

https://balajis.com/how-to-gradually-exit-twitter/

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July 17, 2020

Set up a Paid Newsletter at Your Own Domain

balajis

https://balajis.com/set-up-a-paid-newsletter-at-your-own-domain/

Web

July 17, 2020

References

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Person attributes

Birthdate
1979
8
Founder of
Teleport (company)
Teleport (company)
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Coin Center
Coin Center
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Counsyl
Counsyl
5
Earn.com
Earn.com
Author of
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The Network State: How to Start a New Country
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Network states
Network states
Location
San Francisco
San Francisco
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Educated at
Stanford University
Stanford University
Also Known As
balajis6
Occupation
‌
Essayist
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Author
Author
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Investor
Investor
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Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
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Academic Discipline
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering
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Wellfound ID
balajis

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Known for
CTO of Coinbase, Professor at Stanford
Medium URL
medium.com/@balajis
Related Industries
Finance
Finance
Computer science
Computer science

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