Brett Tejpaul
Brett Tejpaul is the Co-CEO of Coinbase Institutional, the division of Coinbase dedicated to helping corporations, financial institutions, and asset managers understand, develop, and execute strategies in digital assets and Web3. In this role, he oversees institutional sales and Coinbase’s Prime Services platform, which provides secure digital-asset custody, an institutional-grade trading platform, advanced execution tools, and proprietary crypto market research. Tejpaul brings nearly 30 years of experience in financial services, institutional sales, and digital-asset strategy. Prior to Coinbase, he spent 17 years at Barclays Investment Bank in senior leadership roles across credit and commodities sales, digital innovation, and strategic platform development, where he helped pioneer new digital capabilities in sales and trading. Earlier in his career, he held key roles at J.P. Morgan in credit, trading, and sales, where he played an instrumental role in advancing the firm’s credit derivatives platforms and technology-driven market solutions.
Brett Tejpaul Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
-
Co-CEO of Coinbase Institutional
-
Head of Digital, Global Head of Sales
-
Head of Structured Finance, Credit Products Europe
Academic History
-
B.S., Finance, Philosophy
COINBASE INSTITUTIONAL
Brett Tejpaul serves as Co-CEO of Coinbase Institutional, where he helps lead the division responsible for expanding Coinbase’s global institutional client base and delivering the advanced services required by asset managers, corporations, financial institutions, and crypto-native firms.
He oversees Institutional Sales and Coinbase Prime Services, which include secure digital-asset custody, an institutional-grade trading platform, execution tools, analytics, and industry research.
Tejpaul manages teams across New York, San Francisco, the United Kingdom, and Asia, driving product innovation, global coverage, and institutional education to accelerate crypto adoption.
Under his leadership, Coinbase Institutional has become a market leader in providing enterprise-grade cryptocurrency solutions for some of the world’s largest financial institutions.
During his 17-year career at Barclays, Tejpaul held senior roles such as Global Head of Sales and Global Head of Credit and Commodities, while serving on the Markets Executive Committee, the five-person team overseeing the bank’s global Markets business.
He led major digital transformation initiatives, including the development of a digital bank prototype, and managed an institutional sales force of roughly 2,000 professionals generating approximately $8 billion in client revenue.
Tejpaul built and expanded a market-leading global credit business, strengthened relationships with top institutional clients, and played a key role in mobilizing fintech engagement across the organization.
MEDIA PRESENCE
Tejpaul is regularly featured in leading financial and crypto media outlets, including Bloomberg, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Blockworks, and Real Vision, where he discusses institutional crypto adoption, digital-asset market structure, and the future of blockchain-based finance.