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It's not like coinbase has not to worry about regulation anymore.

And for the technical aspect, did you spend a few billion dollars when you tried? Potential coinbase competitors may.

I don't think a valuation higher than NYSE and NASDAQ combined (or CME and CBOE combined) is reasonable.




They have a reasonable sized moat then no? I’ve no idea $77bn seems large, but they intend to be the world’s financial system in 10-20 years so could be worth even more.


> They have a reasonable sized moat then no?

Do they? I'd rather own a couple of major exchanges in today's financial system for the same price.

  ICE   net income $2.1bn  market cap $63bn
  NDAQ  net income $0.5bn  market cap $23bn
  CME   net income $2.1bn  market cap $72bn
  CBOE  net income $0.4bn  market cap $11bn


You've listed exchanges, but Coinbase is much more than just an exchange. They are also a broker, as well as bank (provision of loans), custody-provider, etc.

here are some brokers...

Charles Schwab (SCHW): $119.81bn

Interactive Brokers (IBKR): $32.47bn


I mean if they get their mission done they’ll be worth more...


Coinbase's real value seems like it'll be its ability to use deposits to provide loans. Big money in banking.


Most banks do not have a $100bn valuation though.




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