At Coinbase, their mission is to create an open financial system for the world. An open financial system is one that is not controlled by any one country or company (just like the internet did for distributing information). They think this is the highest leverage way to bring about more economic freedom, innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity in the world. Imagine if every payment in the world was as fast, cheap, and global as sending an email. An open financial system can be a great equalizer and lift billions out of poverty while accelerating the pace of innovation around the world.