Coinbase and Circle Partnership: Minting USDC and Revenue Sharing

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This chapter discusses the partnership between Circle and Coinbase and how they both benefit from the minting and distribution of USDC, a stablecoin. It explores the revenue sharing arrangement between the two companies and the recent merger resulting in a more explicit equity stake for 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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------ 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

----- RESOURCES

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

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

Delphi Digital Report https://members.delphidigital.io/reports/coinbase-from-sleeping-giant-to-industry-leader

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