Opyn’s Top Minds Defect to Coinbase in Strategic Shift Toward Onchain Derivatives

Opyn’s top minds defect to Coinbase in strategic shift toward onchain derivatives

Andrew Leone and Joe Clark built some of DeFi’s most groundbreaking derivatives. Now, they’re taking that expertise to Coinbase, and the implications for onchain markets could be massive. On July 11, crypto exchange Coinbase announced it had poached Opyn’s core…

Coinbase welcomes leadership team behind Opyn Markets

Coinbase is welcoming the leadership team behind Opyn Markets to Coinbase.

Coinbase acquires Opyn’s leadership team

This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Coinbase has made its sixth acquisition of the year, we’ve exclusively learned.  This time, the publicly-traded company made an acqui-hire, meaning that they’re specifically acquiring Opyn CEO Andrew Leone and its Head of Research, Joe Clark.  “The Opyn team has been building in DeFi since the early days; they were the first DeFi options protocol, the inventors of Po…

Coinbase acquires Opyn's leadership team

This is a segment from the Empire newsletter. To read full editions, subscribe. Coinbase has made its sixth acquisition of the year, we’ve exclusively learned.  This time, the publicly-traded company made an acqui-hire, meaning that they’re specifically acquiring Opyn CEO Andrew Leone and its Head of Research, Joe Clark.  “The Opyn team has been building in DeFi since the early days; they were the first DeFi options protocol, the inventors of Po…