BRD (Breadwallet)
An early iOS bitcoin wallet, switched off four months after Coinbase bought it
A non-custodial mobile wallet for iOS and Android, first released as Breadwallet, whose company also sold a BRD rewards token and offered in-app crypto purchases.
- Capital raised (announced, sum of rounds)
- Estimated
Recorded announced backing; this is separate from cash received, customer deposits and money recovered.
- Users, by the company's count (2021)
- Estimated
Company-reported global customers at the 24 November 2021 acquisition; not a count of active wallets.
Funding
| Round | Date | Announced | Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round (2017) | 2017 | ||
| BRD token sale | 2017 | Not disclosed | |
| Series B | 2019 | ||
| Strategic investment (Xpring) | 2019 |
Announced is what was said at the time. Cash actually received is rarely disclosed and is not assumed to match.
People
| Name | Role | Period | Now | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Traidman | — | Leaving the chair of VivoPower's board of advisors, held since May 2025 | Oct 2026 | |
| Aaron Voisine | — | Joined Brainwallet as an investor and adviser | Oct 2026 | |
| Aaron Lasher | — | Not established | Oct 2026 |
Timeline
2014
Described by its founders as the first standalone bitcoin wallet in Apple's App Store.
17 August 2017
25 January 2019
The company said the money would go to expansion in Japan and the rest of Asia.
11 October 2019
24 November 2021
Terms were not disclosed. The co-founders told users nothing would change in the app for now and promised an optional migration to Coinbase Wallet.
4 March 2022
23 March 2022
The release notes directed users to move their funds to Coinbase Wallet.
How it ended
Acquired
Coinbase acquired the company in November 2021 for an undisclosed sum, and the team moved to Coinbase Wallet. Its co-founders told users nothing would change at first; by March 2022 transactions in the app had stopped, and the final release notes said the app's functionality had been sunset and directed users to move their funds to Coinbase Wallet.
Still alive
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Sources
16 sources behind this page.
- 1Aaron Lasher (@aaronlasher) account record · Aaron Lasher on X (account id 29631507), retrieved via twitterapi.io
- 2BRD Bitcoin Wallet (App Store listing, version 4.18.0 release notes) · Apple App Store (text supplied by the developer, breadwallet LLC) · Mar 2022
- 3Bread (BRD) Review: Rewards Tokens of the Bread Wallet · Coin Bureau
- 4$7 Million: Bitcoin Wallet Startup Breadwallet Raises New Funding · CoinDesk · Aug 2017
- 5Coinbase Acquires Crypto Wallet Firm BRD for Undisclosed Amount · CoinDesk · Nov 2021
- 6Ripple Invests $750,000 to Bring XRP to Crypto Wallet BRD · CoinDesk · Oct 2019
- 7VivoPower Raises $121M to Launch XRP Treasury Strategy With Saudi Royal Backing · CoinDesk · May 2025
- 8BRD Wallet Token Up 588% on News of Coinbase Acquisition · Decrypt · Nov 2021
- 9Crypto Wallet BRD Raises $15 Million In Series B Funding · Finance Magnates · Jan 2019
- 10Bread (BRD) token sale · ICO Drops · user-editable
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- 11LinkedIn profile of Aaron Voisine · LinkedIn (self-published profile, viewed by a person) · user-editable
- 12Coinbase acquires cryptocurrency wallet startup BRD for an undisclosed price · SiliconANGLE · Nov 2021
- 13BRD Wallet Stops – This is How You Migrate to Another Wallet · Space Coast Daily · Mar 2022
- 14VivoPower updates advisory council leadership (Form 6-K summary) · Stock Titan · Jul 2026
- 15Ripple XRP & ODL Adoption & PayID - CEO of BRD Wallet & SBI Ripple Asia Adam Traidman Interview · Thinking Crypto · Jun 2020
- 16Search of @aaronlasher and @voisine posts mentioning BRD or breadwallet, 2018 to 2021 · X, retrieved via twitterapi.io
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