195 - The Bull Case for $COIN Coinbase

This is our first time ever covering a TradFi stock! However, Coinbase is a different beast…

Coinbase is a behemoth of a company, growing since May of 2012. CEO Brian Armstrong has been on Bankless a number of times.

Today, we’re bringing on two analysts–independent researcher Jay (0xJaypeg) and Delphi Digital analyst Michael Rinko

Today’s episode will not be a history lesson on Coinbase, if you’re looking for that, we’ll highly recommend checking out Coinbase’s documentary: COIN: A FOUNDER'S STORY

Today’s episode is all about $COIN the asset. Down from its ATH of $342/share in Nov. 2021 to $85 today—and with a current market cap of $17.8B— are you bullish $COIN? Why or why not?

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✨ DEBRIEF | Ryan & David unpacking the episode:
https://www.bankless.com/debrief-coin...

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
4:30 The Business of Coinbase
8:40 Diversifying the Business
14:30 Analyzing Equities
17:20 Coinbase USDC
23:30 Yields and Interest Revenue
31:45 The Staking Business
37:00 The Take Rate
43:45 Growth of Staked ETH
48:20 Coinbase International
56:45 Derivatives Revenue and Regulation
1:06:00 Coinbase Bank and Custody
1:17:00 BASE
1:31:00 Ranking Coinbase’s Opportunities
1:35:00 Coinbase Assets
1:38:20 The Company Itself
1:48:00 Predicting $COIN
1:54:50 The Bear Case

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RESOURCES

Michael on Twitter
https://x.com/mrink0

Jay on Twitter
https://x.com/0xjaypeg

Delphi Digital Report
https://members.delphidigital.io/repo...

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