Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O): More of “Everything Exchange”: Competitive Leadership Narrative Improving

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Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O): More of “Everything Exchange”: Competitive Leadership Narrative Improving

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17 Jun 2026 06:19:19 ET │ 11 pages

Coinbase Global Inc (COIN.O)

More of “Everything Exchange”: Competitive Leadership Narrative

Improving

CITI’S TAKE Buy / High Risk

Coinbase held its second “System Update” event yesterday introducing an Price (16 Jun 26 16:00) US$169.27

(i) SEC-regulated AI-powered advisor and direct deposit capabilities Target price US$400.00

within the redesigned Base App, (ii) new tool sets (treasury management,

Expected share price return 136.3% B20 token standard, Private Transactions) and enterprise APIs expanding

on the company’s platform-as-a-service strategy, and in trading (iii) Expected dividend yield 0.0%

announced crypto options for all users, pre-IPO Perps and 1:1 backed Expected total return 136.3%

tokenized equities for users outside of the US. We viewed the event as a Market Cap US$44,596M

strategic progression from the December update which established the

framework for an “Everything Exchange”. For us, Coinbase’s product

strategy is becoming increasingly focused on (i) expanding “pro-sumer”

capabilities in trading…broadening the platform’s scope to compete with Peter Christiansen, CFAAC

incumbent financial service providers and (ii) leveraging existing +1-212-816-8702

liquidity/infrastructure capability advantages to promote the adoption of peter.christiansen@citi.com

on-chain finance. COIN highlights 12 products now with >$100m run- Aditi Balachandran

rate. We see COIN’s new product cadence driving competitive leadership +1-212-816-0903

and potential diversification opportunities. aditi.balachandran@citi.com

Nicolette Radomski

Key Updates included: +1-716-730-7538

nicolette.radomski@citi.com