Erstwhile Google executive Surojit Chatterjee has joined Coinbase every bit the company's new chief product officer.

Before joining Coinbase, Chatterjee worked as a Google's vice president of product, tallying eleven years at the net visitor, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong wrote in a Jan. 29 blog mail service announcing the rent.

An experienced rent

During his fourth dimension at Google, Chatterjee headed up the internet giant's shopping co-operative. Prior to Google, Chatterjee served at the helm of Indian e-commerce venue Flipkart every bit its head of product, the blog mail service detailed.

"Surojit's xi years at Google volition be valuable every bit nosotros go along to scale Coinbase into a company with a lasting and meaningful impact on the globe's fiscal system," Armstrong detailed in the blog post.

Prior to Chatterjee, Jeremy Henrickson virtually recently sat as Coinbase'southward chief product officer.

A crypto interest

Chatterjee'due south groundwork with Flipkart gave him perspective in his dealings with cross-edge commerce and the potential to streamline the organization, Armstrong wrote.

Quoted in the weblog post, Chatterjee said:

"Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology can help open upwards the financial arrangement for everyone by growing cantankerous-border commerce, lowering transaction costs, providing higher security and by helping individuals have more command over their financial futurity."

Cointelegraph reached out to Chatterjee but received no comments every bit of press time. This article will be updated accordingly upon receipt of a response.

Executives at Coinbase likewise recently increased their push for crypto regulation, every bit Cointelegraph reported yesterday.