# Bryce Ferguson

> Bryce Ferguson is the New York-based co-founder and CEO of Turnkey, which provides programmable wallet, private-key management and verifiable computing infrastructure. Previously the first product manager at Coinbase Custody and a crypto leader at Trade Republic, he co-founded Turnkey in 2022 after seeing the limits of custody tools for application developers.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Turnkey
- **Organizations:** Turnkey, Coinbase, Trade Republic, Stitch Fix, Bain & Company, Sequoia Capital
- **Education:** Georgia Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Helped build Coinbase Custody as its first product manager as the business scaled to over $100 billion in assets., Led crypto trading product development and expansion at Trade Republic., Co-founded Turnkey and led it through product launch and multiple funding rounds.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Worked in consulting at Bain & Company before joining the strategy team at Stitch Fix.
- **2018** — Joined Coinbase in business operations; subsequently became the first product manager at Coinbase Custody, working on staking and governance products.
- **—** — Moved to Berlin to lead crypto at Trade Republic and launch and expand its crypto trading product across Europe.
- **2022** — Co-founded Turnkey with former Coinbase colleagues.
- **2023** — Turnkey launched with its first customer; public availability followed in August.
- **2025-06** — Announced a $30 million Series B led by Bain Capital Crypto.
- **2026-05** — Turnkey announced $12.5 million in strategic funding, bringing total funding to more than $65 million.
- **2026-09** — Announced that Turnkey had powered more than $200 billion in stablecoin transaction volume.

## Achievements

- Helped build Coinbase Custody as its first product manager as the business scaled to over $100 billion in assets.
- Led crypto trading product development and expansion at Trade Republic.
- Co-founded Turnkey and led it through product launch and multiple funding rounds.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Turnkey announced Umbra’s use of Verifiable Cloud for protected viewing-key operations on Solana on October 16.
- **2026-10** — Turnkey introduced Console treasury, asset management and security controls for operators on October 15.
- **2026-09** — Ferguson announced more than $200 billion in cumulative stablecoin transaction volume powered by Turnkey on September 10.
- **2026-05** — Turnkey announced strategic funding with Archetype and Circle Ventures joining as investors on May 14.

## Links

- Website: https://www.turnkey.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryceeferguson/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/sadbryce

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Last updated: 2026-10-20