Founded in 2012, the San Francisco-based firm boasts 56 million users globally and an estimated $223 billion in assets on its platform, accounting for 11.3 per cent of crypto asset market share, regulatory filings showed. "We're just very grateful to be able to bring transparency to the crypto economy, the ecosystem that we've all been building over the last 10 years," Coinbase chief financial officer Alesia Haas said in an interview. WATCH | Answers to some common questions about cryptocurrency: What is cryptocurrency? CBC News Calgary2 years ago 2:31Cryptocurrency is big business, but for many not in the tech sphere, it's still a big unknown. Here are answers to some questions you might have.2:31