var TRINITY_TTS_WP_CONFIG={“cleanText”:”Coinbase posts seventh straight loss-making quarter despite USDC boost.u23f8Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) came within a whisker of breaking even in the third quarter, but it wasnu2019t because traders were flooding back to the struggling digital asset exchange.u23f8Figures released Thursday showed Coinbase generated revenue of $674 million in the three months ending September 30, a 4.8% fall from Q2u2019s result but a 14.1% improvement from the same period last year. However, an $82 million gain from its recent debt buyback program and a 3.5% fall in operating expenses resulted in a comparatively mild net loss of $2.2 million for the quarter. Regardless, this marks the seventh consecutive quarter in which Coinbase has failed to turn a profit.u23f8Revenue generated from customer transaction fees totaled $288.4 million, down nearly 12% sequentially and 21% below Q3 2022. Both consumer ($274.5 million, -11.4%) and institutional ($14.1 million, -17.5%) transaction revenue were down from Q2, an uninterrupted 2023 trend the company blamed on digital asset volatility being u201cthe lowest level we have measured since 2016.u201du23f8Trading volume was also down across the board, with retail off more than one-fifth to $11 billion, while institutional volume fell nearly 17% to $65 billion. The BTC token remained king with 38% of all volume (-2 points), while ETH fell four points to 19% and u2018other crypto assetsu2019 sank 10 points to 28%.u23f8For the first timeu2014and this is really bad timing given the current antagonistic mood toward Tether on Capitol Hillu2014Coinbase revealed that Tetheru2019s USDT stablecoin was involved in 15% of all trades on the exchange in Q3. Coinbase claimed USDT volume u201cwas elevated temporarily across the entire industry, including on Coinbase, largely due to de-pegging events.u201d (CoinGecko data shows USDTu2019s top trading pairs on Coinbase are USD, EUR, and BTC.)u23f8This u2018temporaryu2019 elevation followed the unfortunate swoon that Circleu2019s USDC stablecoin took this spring after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), where Circle had unwisely parked $3.3 billion of USDCu2019s reserve assets in a single account. USDC briefly lost its 1:1 peg with the U.S. dollar, trading below 90u00a2 at one point before the big bad government that u2018cryptou2019 was supposed to overthrow stepped in with a financial bailout, and the peg was restored.u23f8New USDC deal paying offu23f8Speaking of USDC, it accounted for one of the few improving verticals in Coinbaseu2019s Q3 report. u2018Stablecoin revenue,u2019 a new category previously lumped in with interest income, totaled $172.4 million compared with $151.4 million in Q2. USDC balances on Coinbase rose to $2.5 billion at the end of Q3 compared with $1.8 billion as of June 30.u23f8The new category reflects the revised agreement Coinbase and Circle struck in August following the demise of their USDC-overseeing Centre u2018consortium.u2019 Details of this new deal were opaque, but Coinbase said Thursday that it u201cwill earn a pro-rata portion of income earned on the USDC reserves based on the amount of USDC held on each respective partyu2019s platform, and will now equally share in the income earned from the distribution and usage of USDC after certain expenses.u201du23f8The positive result from this shift is impressive, considering that USDCu2019s market cap continues to shrink like George Costanza in a cold swimming pool. USDCu2019s cap shrunk again on Thursday, falling nearly half a billion to below $24.4 billion, around $20 billion below its cap at the start of 2023.u23f8Coinbase also saw gains in its u2018corporate interest and other incomeu2019 segment, which rose 12.5% to $51.1 million, while u2018other subscription and services revenueu2019 gained 10% to $32.3 million. But blockchain rewards ($74.5 million, -15%), interest income ($39.5 million, -21%), and custodial fees ($15.8 million, -7%) erased those gains, leaving the overall u2018subscription and servicesu2019 category flat at $334.4 million.u23f8Corner offices are the new champagne roomsu23f8As for costs, the biggest improvement came via transaction expenses, which fell 16% from Q2 due to lower staking rewards paid out to customers. However, Coinbase doled out another $219 million in stock-based compensation, which it claims was u201cin line with our outlook.u201du23f8In case you were wondering, that outlook appears to be u2018screw the shareholders, and never mind seven straight quarters of net losses, weu2019ve got executives who might jump ship and lose money at some other company if we donu2019t keep them fat and happy.u2019 Coinbase currently projects u2018onlyu2019 $164 million in stock giveaways in the current quarter, but that will push the 2023 total close to $900 million.u23f8Coinbase continues to struggle to coax customers back into the trading arena. Its monthly transacting users (MTUs) through the first nine months of 2023 were 7.5 million, a 16% decline from the same point last year. (And remember, Coinbase includes u2018passiveu2019 usersu2014those whose only activity is receiving a staking rewardu2014in its MTU stats.) Institutional MTU trading volume fell by half to $267 billion, while retail MTU volume plunged 69% to just $46 billion.u23f8Looking ahead, Coinbase says it generated $105 million in transaction revenue in October, but subscription and services revenue is expected to be flat in Q4.u23f8Coinbase shares closed Thursday up nearly nine percent to $84.60, its best showing in a month. However, that remains a fraction of the $357 peak following Coinbaseu2019s April 2021 Nasdaq debut, and Thursdayu2019s after-hours trading saw the price fall back below $81.u23f8Donu2019t mention the stablesu23f8Incredibly, despite the obvious significance of USDC to Coinbaseu2019s bottom line and the new disclosures regarding its Tether volume, CEO Brian Armstrong didnu2019t face a single question regarding stablecoins on Thursdayu2019s analyst call. Pity, because we hoped someone would ask how Coinbaseu2019s u2018revolutionizing financeu2019 mantra squared with the exchange becoming critically dependent on the interest generated from fiat deposits and money market funds.u23f8There were questions about Coinbaseu2019s dwindling transaction volume, with retail numbers at record lows. A couple of analysts asked if Coinbase would continue to tinker with its fee structure to squeeze more blood out of these stones. Chief Financial Officer Alesia Haas said the company would continue its u201cexperimentationu201d to see u201cwhat works for customers,u201d claiming that the exchange raised its fee spread in Q1 without any significant change in customer activity (a claim perhaps belied by the ongoing lack of trading activity).u23f8As for Coinbaseu2019s new proprietary Ethereum-based u2018Layer 2u2019 network Base, the monetization question raised its ugly head again. At present, Coinbase is the only u2018sequenceru2019 aka transaction validator on Base, and these u2018sequencingu2019 fees are now included in the overall transaction revenue segment. But Base fees are still u201cnot material enoughu201d to break out as a separate category.u23f8Armstrong claimed that only 7% of all digital asset transactions were currently taking place on Layer 2 networks, something he hopes Base will change. With Base boasting u201cmore than one million transacting wallets over the last month,u201d Armstrong wants to u201cmake Layer 2 the defaultu201d transaction platform. (This is the type of argument youu2019re left with when you choose to ignore blockchains that offer a robust and infinitely scalable base (not Base) layer.)u23f8As for the new Bermuda-based, derivatives-focused Coinbase International exchange, the platform did $10 billion in u201cnotional volumeu201d in Q3, which Armstrong called u201ca good start but still relatively small.u201d There were hopes that the exchange could soak up some of the derivative action left stranded by last yearu2019s collapse of FTX, but it seems traders prefer the wild west of Binance to the comparatively compliant Coinbase.u23f8Wrap your bald head around thisu23f8There was an hour-and-a-half last month in which it seemed that Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) could end up as the new speaker of the House of Representatives. But Emmer, a major u2018cryptou2019 advocate who once publicly lauded Sam Bankman-Fried for u201cdoing a lot to make sure there is no fraud or other manipulationu201d in the digital asset sector, was turfed even before a vote was taken.u23f8The new speaker, Mike Johnson (R-LA), has an u2018unclearu2019 designation on Coinbaseu2019s u2018crypto sentimentu2019 scorecard, leaving Armstrong & Co. a lot less clear on how favorable digital asset legislation might fare in the House. Armstrong acknowledged Thursday that u201cD.C. has a crisis coming up every weeku201d and u201cwe donu2019t pretend to be the top issue for everybody at all times.u201d Even more so given that Congress is heading into what promises to be a raucous election year.u23f8But Armstrong may have doomed whatever faint hopes remain by claiming that most politicians belong to u201can older generationu201d who havenu2019t used digital assets and u201cthey donu2019t use e-commerce either, right? Sometimes, they have a little trouble wrapping their head around it.u201d Um, Brianu2026 you know this conversation is being recorded, right?u23f8Follow Thecryptodefi.Comu2019s Crypto Crime Cartel series, which delves into the stream of groupu2014from BitMEX to Binance, Bitcoin.com, Blockstream, ShapeShift, Coinbase, Ripple, Ethereum,u23f8 FTX and Tetheru2014who have co-opted the digital asset revolution and turned the industry into a minefield for nau00efve (and even experienced) players in the market.u23f8″,”headlineText”:”Coinbase posts seventh straight loss-making quarter despite USDC boost”,”articleText”:”Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) came within a whisker of breaking even in the third quarter, but it wasnu2019t because traders were flooding back to the struggling digital asset exchange.u23f8Figures released Thursday showed Coinbase generated revenue of $674 million in the three months ending September 30, a 4.8% fall from Q2u2019s result but a 14.1% improvement from the same period last year. However, an $82 million gain from its recent debt buyback program and a 3.5% fall in operating expenses resulted in a comparatively mild net loss of $2.2 million for the quarter. Regardless, this marks the seventh consecutive quarter in which Coinbase has failed to turn a profit.u23f8Revenue generated from customer transaction fees totaled $288.4 million, down nearly 12% sequentially and 21% below Q3 2022. Both consumer ($274.5 million, -11.4%) and institutional ($14.1 million, -17.5%) transaction revenue were down from Q2, an uninterrupted 2023 trend the company blamed on digital asset volatility being u201cthe lowest level we have measured since 2016.u201du23f8Trading volume was also down across the board, with retail off more than one-fifth to $11 billion, while institutional volume fell nearly 17% to $65 billion. The BTC token remained king with 38% of all volume (-2 points), while ETH fell four points to 19% and u2018other crypto assetsu2019 sank 10 points to 28%.u23f8For the first timeu2014and this is really bad timing given the current antagonistic mood toward Tether on Capitol Hillu2014Coinbase revealed that Tetheru2019s USDT stablecoin was involved in 15% of all trades on the exchange in Q3. Coinbase claimed USDT volume u201cwas elevated temporarily across the entire industry, including on Coinbase, largely due to de-pegging events.u201d (CoinGecko data shows USDTu2019s top trading pairs on Coinbase are USD, EUR, and BTC.)u23f8This u2018temporaryu2019 elevation followed the unfortunate swoon that Circleu2019s USDC stablecoin took this spring after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), where Circle had unwisely parked $3.3 billion of USDCu2019s reserve assets in a single account. USDC briefly lost its 1:1 peg with the U.S. dollar, trading below 90u00a2 at one point before the big bad government that u2018cryptou2019 was supposed to overthrow stepped in with a financial bailout, and the peg was restored.u23f8New USDC deal paying offu23f8Speaking of USDC, it accounted for one of the few improving verticals in Coinbaseu2019s Q3 report. u2018Stablecoin revenue,u2019 a new category previously lumped in with interest income, totaled $172.4 million compared with $151.4 million in Q2. USDC balances on Coinbase rose to $2.5 billion at the end of Q3 compared with $1.8 billion as of June 30.u23f8The new category reflects the revised agreement Coinbase and Circle struck in August following the demise of their USDC-overseeing Centre u2018consortium.u2019 Details of this new deal were opaque, but Coinbase said Thursday that it u201cwill earn a pro-rata portion of income earned on the USDC reserves based on the amount of USDC held on each respective partyu2019s platform, and will now equally share in the income earned from the distribution and usage of USDC after certain expenses.u201du23f8The positive result from this shift is impressive, considering that USDCu2019s market cap continues to shrink like George Costanza in a cold swimming pool. USDCu2019s cap shrunk again on Thursday, falling nearly half a billion to below $24.4 billion, around $20 billion below its cap at the start of 2023.u23f8Coinbase also saw gains in its u2018corporate interest and other incomeu2019 segment, which rose 12.5% to $51.1 million, while u2018other subscription and services revenueu2019 gained 10% to $32.3 million. But blockchain rewards ($74.5 million, -15%), interest income ($39.5 million, -21%), and custodial fees ($15.8 million, -7%) erased those gains, leaving the overall u2018subscription and servicesu2019 category flat at $334.4 million.u23f8Corner offices are the new champagne roomsu23f8As for costs, the biggest improvement came via transaction expenses, which fell 16% from Q2 due to lower staking rewards paid out to customers. However, Coinbase doled out another $219 million in stock-based compensation, which it claims was u201cin line with our outlook.u201du23f8In case you were wondering, that outlook appears to be u2018screw the shareholders, and never mind seven straight quarters of net losses, weu2019ve got executives who might jump ship and lose money at some other company if we donu2019t keep them fat and happy.u2019 Coinbase currently projects u2018onlyu2019 $164 million in stock giveaways in the current quarter, but that will push the 2023 total close to $900 million.u23f8Coinbase continues to struggle to coax customers back into the trading arena. Its monthly transacting users (MTUs) through the first nine months of 2023 were 7.5 million, a 16% decline from the same point last year. (And remember, Coinbase includes u2018passiveu2019 usersu2014those whose only activity is receiving a staking rewardu2014in its MTU stats.) Institutional MTU trading volume fell by half to $267 billion, while retail MTU volume plunged 69% to just $46 billion.u23f8Looking ahead, Coinbase says it generated $105 million in transaction revenue in October, but subscription and services revenue is expected to be flat in Q4.u23f8Coinbase shares closed Thursday up nearly nine percent to $84.60, its best showing in a month. However, that remains a fraction of the $357 peak following Coinbaseu2019s April 2021 Nasdaq debut, and Thursdayu2019s after-hours trading saw the price fall back below $81.u23f8Donu2019t mention the stablesu23f8Incredibly, despite the obvious significance of USDC to Coinbaseu2019s bottom line and the new disclosures regarding its Tether volume, CEO Brian Armstrong didnu2019t face a single question regarding stablecoins on Thursdayu2019s analyst call. Pity, because we hoped someone would ask how Coinbaseu2019s u2018revolutionizing financeu2019 mantra squared with the exchange becoming critically dependent on the interest generated from fiat deposits and money market funds.u23f8There were questions about Coinbaseu2019s dwindling transaction volume, with retail numbers at record lows. A couple of analysts asked if Coinbase would continue to tinker with its fee structure to squeeze more blood out of these stones. Chief Financial Officer Alesia Haas said the company would continue its u201cexperimentationu201d to see u201cwhat works for customers,u201d claiming that the exchange raised its fee spread in Q1 without any significant change in customer activity (a claim perhaps belied by the ongoing lack of trading activity).u23f8As for Coinbaseu2019s new proprietary Ethereum-based u2018Layer 2u2019 network Base, the monetization question raised its ugly head again. At present, Coinbase is the only u2018sequenceru2019 aka transaction validator on Base, and these u2018sequencingu2019 fees are now included in the overall transaction revenue segment. But Base fees are still u201cnot material enoughu201d to break out as a separate category.u23f8Armstrong claimed that only 7% of all digital asset transactions were currently taking place on Layer 2 networks, something he hopes Base will change. With Base boasting u201cmore than one million transacting wallets over the last month,u201d Armstrong wants to u201cmake Layer 2 the defaultu201d transaction platform. (This is the type of argument youu2019re left with when you choose to ignore blockchains that offer a robust and infinitely scalable base (not Base) layer.)u23f8As for the new Bermuda-based, derivatives-focused Coinbase International exchange, the platform did $10 billion in u201cnotional volumeu201d in Q3, which Armstrong called u201ca good start but still relatively small.u201d There were hopes that the exchange could soak up some of the derivative action left stranded by last yearu2019s collapse of FTX, but it seems traders prefer the wild west of Binance to the comparatively compliant Coinbase.u23f8Wrap your bald head around thisu23f8There was an hour-and-a-half last month in which it seemed that Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) could end up as the new speaker of the House of Representatives. But Emmer, a major u2018cryptou2019 advocate who once publicly lauded Sam Bankman-Fried for u201cdoing a lot to make sure there is no fraud or other manipulationu201d in the digital asset sector, was turfed even before a vote was taken.u23f8The new speaker, Mike Johnson (R-LA), has an u2018unclearu2019 designation on Coinbaseu2019s u2018crypto sentimentu2019 scorecard, leaving Armstrong & Co. a lot less clear on how favorable digital asset legislation might fare in the House. Armstrong acknowledged Thursday that u201cD.C. has a crisis coming up every weeku201d and u201cwe donu2019t pretend to be the top issue for everybody at all times.u201d Even more so given that Congress is heading into what promises to be a raucous election year.u23f8But Armstrong may have doomed whatever faint hopes remain by claiming that most politicians belong to u201can older generationu201d who havenu2019t used digital assets and u201cthey donu2019t use e-commerce either, right? Sometimes, they have a little trouble wrapping their head around it.u201d Um, Brianu2026 you know this conversation is being recorded, right?u23f8Follow Thecryptodefi.Comu2019s Crypto Crime Cartel series, which delves into the stream of groupu2014from BitMEX to Binance, Bitcoin.com, Blockstream, ShapeShift, Coinbase, Ripple, Ethereum,u23f8 FTX and Tetheru2014who have co-opted the digital asset revolution and turned the industry into a minefield for nau00efve (and even experienced) players in the market.u23f8″,”metadata”:{“author”:”Steven Stradbrooke”},”pluginVersion”:”5.7.1″}; |
Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) came within a whisker of breaking even in the third quarter, but it wasn’t because traders were flooding back to the struggling digital asset exchange.
Figures released Thursday showed Coinbase generated revenue of $674 million in the three months ending September 30, a 4.8% fall from Q2’s result but a 14.1% improvement from the same period last year. However, an $82 million gain from its recent debt buyback program and a 3.5% fall in operating expenses resulted in a comparatively mild net loss of $2.2 million for the quarter. Regardless, this marks the seventh consecutive quarter in which Coinbase has failed to turn a profit.
Revenue generated from customer transaction fees totaled $288.4 million, down nearly 12% sequentially and 21% below Q3 2022. Both consumer ($274.5 million, -11.4%) and institutional ($14.1 million, -17.5%) transaction revenue were down from Q2, an uninterrupted 2023 trend the company blamed on digital asset volatility being “the lowest level we have measured since 2016.”
Trading volume was also down across the board, with retail off more than one-fifth to $11 billion, while institutional volume fell nearly 17% to $65 billion. The BTC token remained king with 38% of all volume (-2 points), while ETH fell four points to 19% and ‘other crypto assets’ sank 10 points to 28%.
For the first time—and this is really bad timing given the current antagonistic mood toward Tether on Capitol Hill—Coinbase revealed that Tether’s USDT stablecoin was involved in 15% of all trades on the exchange in Q3. Coinbase claimed USDT volume “was elevated temporarily across the entire industry, including on Coinbase, largely due to de-pegging events.” (CoinGecko data shows USDT’s top trading pairs on Coinbase are USD, EUR, and BTC.)
This ‘temporary’ elevation followed the unfortunate swoon that Circle’s USDC stablecoin took this spring after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), where Circle had unwisely parked $3.3 billion of USDC’s reserve assets in a single account. USDC briefly lost its 1:1 peg with the U.S. dollar, trading below 90¢ at one point before the big bad government that ‘crypto’ was supposed to overthrow stepped in with a financial bailout, and the peg was restored.
New USDC deal paying off
Speaking of USDC, it accounted for one of the few improving verticals in Coinbase’s Q3 report. ‘Stablecoin revenue,’ a new category previously lumped in with interest income, totaled $172.4 million compared with $151.4 million in Q2. USDC balances on Coinbase rose to $2.5 billion at the end of Q3 compared with $1.8 billion as of June 30.
The new category reflects the revised agreement Coinbase and Circle struck in August following the demise of their USDC-overseeing Centre ‘consortium.’ Details of this new deal were opaque, but Coinbase said Thursday that it “will earn a pro-rata portion of income earned on the USDC reserves based on the amount of USDC held on each respective party’s platform, and will now equally share in the income earned from the distribution and usage of USDC after certain expenses.”
The positive result from this shift is impressive, considering that USDC’s market cap continues to shrink like George Costanza in a cold swimming pool. USDC’s cap shrunk again on Thursday, falling nearly half a billion to below $24.4 billion, around $20 billion below its cap at the start of 2023.
Coinbase also saw gains in its ‘corporate interest and other income’ segment, which rose 12.5% to $51.1 million, while ‘other subscription and services revenue’ gained 10% to $32.3 million. But blockchain rewards ($74.5 million, -15%), interest income ($39.5 million, -21%), and custodial fees ($15.8 million, -7%) erased those gains, leaving the overall ‘subscription and services’ category flat at $334.4 million.
Corner offices are the new champagne rooms
As for costs, the biggest improvement came via transaction expenses, which fell 16% from Q2 due to lower staking rewards paid out to customers. However, Coinbase doled out another $219 million in stock-based compensation, which it claims was “in line with our outlook.”
In case you were wondering, that outlook appears to be ‘screw the shareholders, and never mind seven straight quarters of net losses, we’ve got executives who might jump ship and lose money at some other company if we don’t keep them fat and happy.’ Coinbase currently projects ‘only’ $164 million in stock giveaways in the current quarter, but that will push the 2023 total close to $900 million.
Coinbase continues to struggle to coax customers back into the trading arena. Its monthly transacting users (MTUs) through the first nine months of 2023 were 7.5 million, a 16% decline from the same point last year. (And remember, Coinbase includes ‘passive’ users—those whose only activity is receiving a staking reward—in its MTU stats.) Institutional MTU trading volume fell by half to $267 billion, while retail MTU volume plunged 69% to just $46 billion.
Looking ahead, Coinbase says it generated $105 million in transaction revenue in October, but subscription and services revenue is expected to be flat in Q4.
Coinbase shares closed Thursday up nearly nine percent to $84.60, its best showing in a month. However, that remains a fraction of the $357 peak following Coinbase’s April 2021 Nasdaq debut, and Thursday’s after-hours trading saw the price fall back below $81.
Don’t mention the stables
Incredibly, despite the obvious significance of USDC to Coinbase’s bottom line and the new disclosures regarding its Tether volume, CEO Brian Armstrong didn’t face a single question regarding stablecoins on Thursday’s analyst call. Pity, because we hoped someone would ask how Coinbase’s ‘revolutionizing finance’ mantra squared with the exchange becoming critically dependent on the interest generated from fiat deposits and money market funds.
There were questions about Coinbase’s dwindling transaction volume, with retail numbers at record lows. A couple of analysts asked if Coinbase would continue to tinker with its fee structure to squeeze more blood out of these stones. Chief Financial Officer Alesia Haas said the company would continue its “experimentation” to see “what works for customers,” claiming that the exchange raised its fee spread in Q1 without any significant change in customer activity (a claim perhaps belied by the ongoing lack of trading activity).
As for Coinbase’s new proprietary Ethereum-based ‘Layer 2’ network Base, the monetization question raised its ugly head again. At present, Coinbase is the only ‘sequencer’ aka transaction validator on Base, and these ‘sequencing’ fees are now included in the overall transaction revenue segment. But Base fees are still “not material enough” to break out as a separate category.
Armstrong claimed that only 7% of all digital asset transactions were currently taking place on Layer 2 networks, something he hopes Base will change. With Base boasting “more than one million transacting wallets over the last month,” Armstrong wants to “make Layer 2 the default” transaction platform. (This is the type of argument you’re left with when you choose to ignore blockchains that offer a robust and infinitely scalable base (not Base) layer.)
As for the new Bermuda-based, derivatives-focused Coinbase International exchange, the platform did $10 billion in “notional volume” in Q3, which Armstrong called “a good start but still relatively small.” There were hopes that the exchange could soak up some of the derivative action left stranded by last year’s collapse of FTX, but it seems traders prefer the wild west of Binance to the comparatively compliant Coinbase.
Wrap your bald head around this
There was an hour-and-a-half last month in which it seemed that Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) could end up as the new speaker of the House of Representatives. But Emmer, a major ‘crypto’ advocate who once publicly lauded Sam Bankman-Fried for “doing a lot to make sure there is no fraud or other manipulation” in the digital asset sector, was turfed even before a vote was taken.
The new speaker, Mike Johnson (R-LA), has an ‘unclear’ designation on Coinbase’s ‘crypto sentiment’ scorecard, leaving Armstrong & Co. a lot less clear on how favorable digital asset legislation might fare in the House. Armstrong acknowledged Thursday that “D.C. has a crisis coming up every week” and “we don’t pretend to be the top issue for everybody at all times.” Even more so given that Congress is heading into what promises to be a raucous election year.
But Armstrong may have doomed whatever faint hopes remain by claiming that most politicians belong to “an older generation” who haven’t used digital assets and “they don’t use e-commerce either, right? Sometimes, they have a little trouble wrapping their head around it.” Um, Brian… you know this conversation is being recorded, right?
Follow thecryptodefi.com Crypto Crime Cartel series, which delves into the stream of group—from BitMEX to Binance, Bitcoin.com, Blockstream, ShapeShift, Coinbase, Ripple, Ethereum,
FTX and Tether—who have co-opted the digital asset revolution and turned the industry into a minefield for naïve (and even experienced) players in the market.
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