Summer 2026

Finance Operations Intern

Posted on 11/7/2025

Coinbase

Coinbase

5,001-10,000 employees

Digital currency wallet and trading platform

Compensation Overview

$40/hr

New York, NY, USA

Hybrid

In-person participation required throughout the year.

Category
Finance & Banking (2)
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Required Skills
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Willingness to work with a team and engage stakeholders
  • Quick, inquisitive learner and always ready to adapt and learn something new
  • Self-starter who can run with projects to completion
  • Problem solving skills with ability to see second order effects and streamline processes accordingly
  • Passion for crypto and mission focused
Responsibilities
  • Work with different IOS teams through day-to-day responsibilities, while learning their processes and role in the firm
  • Identify and manage operational risk and understand compliance and regulatory requirements
  • Identify opportunities to for improvement in existing processes and risk management capabilities
  • Partner with stakeholders, including Product and Engineering to build best in class technology solutions
  • Work with fellow interns on a group project to solve a real world problem, and present solution to leadership team
  • Analyze data sets and make recommendations based on data and sound analysis
  • Network across the entire Coinbase team
  • Develop a broad understanding of the Coinbase institutional business
Desired Qualifications
  • Pursuing a degree in business, management, finance, or accounting
  • SQL
  • Knowledge of finance/banking concepts
  • Crypto knowledge

Coinbase operates a digital currency wallet and platform that lets people buy, sell, store, and transfer cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin. Its products include a user-friendly app and web interface for consumers and a platform for merchants, with services like custodial storage, trading, and on/off ramps to traditional currencies. The system works by securely holding users’ digital assets in custodial wallets, processing transactions, and providing trading and settlement features, as well as merchant tools for accepting crypto payments. Coinbase differentiates itself through a broad consumer and merchant footprint, strong emphasis on security and trust, regulated access, and a simple, accessible design that smooths the process of using digital currencies. Its goal is to help build an open financial system by making digital currencies easy to access, trustworthy, and usable for a wide audience.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2012

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • India's direct INR rails reopen access to a fast-growing crypto market.
  • Checkout.com partnership expands Coinbase Payments into enterprise stablecoin acceptance.
  • Pre-IPO futures and derivatives add high-volume revenue streams beyond spot trading.

What critics are saying

  • Derivatives expansion increases exposure to liquidity shocks and regulatory scrutiny.
  • Security leadership turnover after Philip Martin's departure weakens trust during product expansion.
  • Competitors can replicate payment rails, private-market products, and stablecoin infrastructure quickly.

What makes Coinbase unique

  • Coinbase combines regulated custody, exchange liquidity, and payments infrastructure in one platform.
  • Brian Armstrong has led Coinbase since its 2012 inception, strengthening strategic continuity.[7]
  • Coinbase now spans spot trading, derivatives, stablecoins, and merchant payments.

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2%

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