Coinbase Comes for All of Finance

What It Covers

Coinbase launches stock trading, prediction markets, Solana integration, and custom stablecoins, transforming from crypto exchange into comprehensive financial services platform competing with traditional brokerages.

Key Questions Answered

• •Everything Exchange Strategy: Coinbase adds commission-free stock trading with extended hours, prediction markets via Kalshi, on-chain Solana trading through Jupiter, and custom stablecoin issuance to prevent user migration to competing platforms.
• •Crypto Industry Dissolution: Successful blockchain adoption means crypto disappears as separate category into mainstream products where users benefit from faster settlement and programmable money without knowing they use blockchain technology.
• •User Base Expansion: Crypto growth requires serving tech-savvy mainstream users seeking better financial rails rather than optimizing for crypto natives who farm yields, points, and rotate between same on-chain addresses.