What We Learned About Coinbase Today
Happy Thursday, Blockfolians
The Lede
The Coinbase IPO promises to be one of the biggest events in the history of our young industry - at least when it comes to our overlap with traditional markets.
Today the SEC published its Form S-1 - a document that gives much previously unknown detail about the company.
In Q4 of last year, Coinbase had 43m users, of which 2.8m transacted monthly
The volume coming from institutional vs retail buying is increasing
Revenue in Q1 of this year is projected to be $2.4B
One of the other interesting parts was what Coinbase listed as risks. They included:
The unmasking of Satoshi Nakamoto or the movement of his coins
Negative perception of Bitcoin or Ethereum
DeFi
With early secondary market trading suggesting a valuation of between $77B and $100B, it’s going to be something to watch.
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Community Commentary
Sovereign wealth funds are the final frontier
Boy that Fedwire outage was quite a thing
A Really Big Number We Should Be Paying Attention To
$80,000,000
That’s the size of Anchorage’s latest round after getting US bank designation
Final Thought
I mean, it’s just one