{"id":56901,"date":"2022-01-31T19:40:14","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T17:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=56901"},"modified":"2025-09-04T08:50:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T05:50:35","slug":"shopify-founder-to-join-coinbase-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/shopify-founder-to-join-coinbase-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopify founder to join Coinbase board of directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shopify founder and chief executive Tobias L\u00fctke will join the board of directors of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">We are excited to announce <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shopify?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@Shopify<\/a> CEO Tobias L\u00fctke is joining our Board of Directors.<\/p>\n<p>A builder at heart, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tobi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">@Tobi<\/a> brings innate understanding of the power of decentralization, business scaling experience, and a drive to empower global communities.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome Tobi \u2014 Let\u2019s go!\ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Coinbase (@coinbase) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coinbase\/status\/1488181584188510209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p>\u201cToby will bring to Coinbase\u2019s board a broad range of skills and experience. [\u2026] He also strongly believes in the power of cryptocurrencies and was among the first to implement them through the integration of Shopify with Coinbase Commerce,\u201d said Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Under L\u00fctke, the company aims to \u201cunlock the potential\u201d of digital assets \u201cto enhance economic freedom in the same way Shopify democratized online commerce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The board is expected to approve the appointment within a week.<\/p>\n<p>In May 2020, the e-commerce giant and digital-currency operator Coinpayments forged a partnership aimed at expanding cryptocurrency use as a payment method.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the summer of 2021, Shopify provided a limited group of merchants <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/shopify-adds-support-for-direct-nft-sales\">the ability to sell NFTs<\/a> without third parties.<\/p>\n<p>Follow ForkLog News on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forklogfeed\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog Feed<\/a> \u2014 all the headlines, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news, infographics and opinions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shopify founder and CEO Tobias L\u00fctke will join the board of directors of Coinbase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[138,1821],"class_list":["post-56901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-coinbase","tag-shopify"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56903,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56901\/revisions\/56903"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}