On April 14th, Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the US, will go public via direct listing to huge fanfare from the crypto community. As a centralized exchange, Coinbase has a lot of fans as well as detractors, but its popularity is in no doubt. Last week, the company released their 2021 first quarter numbers, and it blew expectations out of the water. They reported adding 13 million verified users since the beginning of 2021 and added 147.8% in total asset value held on the exchange. Not only that, but they reported a whopping $1.8 billion in first quarter revenue, compared to $1.3 billion for all of 2020. Those numbers are mind-blowing and are a testament to the massive growing interest in the cryptocurrency space.Coinbase, founded in 2012, will begin trading on Nasdaq via direct listing under the ticker symbol COIN and will be the first crypto-native company to go public. This listing could have wide-ranging effects on the cryptocurrency space in a lot of different ways. For one, it will be a way to gauge the traditional market\u2019s interest in crypto-related companies and also helps to legitimize crypto in one of the world\u2019s most important financial markets. With Robinhood* planning to go public later this year and Kraken in 2022, they will surely be keeping an eye on this to fine-tune their own strategies for listing.Another benefit this brings to crypto is that the stock will be talked about, and as interest in it grows, investors and those interested can easily download the app to their phone to familiarize themselves with the company, which in itself could lead down a rabbit hole into crypto markets. This could lead to more capital flowing into the digital ecosystem as Coinbase has one of the most beginner-friendly interfaces and allows people to\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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