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Unconfirmed: Coinbase's S-1: The Number That May Make the Exchange Nervous - Ep.215

Unchained

Laura Shin

Tech News, Business News, News

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Jeff Roberts, executive editor at Decrypt and author of “King of Crypto: One Startup’s Quest to take Cryptocurrency Out of Silicon Valley and Onto Wall Street” talks about Coinbase going public. In this episode we discuss: Jeff's biggest takeaways from Coinbase’s S-1 filing (0:56) why institutions are choosing Coinbase (2:42) how Coinbase going public feels like validation for bitcoiners (4:37) issues Coinbase may face as a business that currently generates 96% of revenue through transaction fees (6:25) Why Surojit Chatterjee has so much equity in Coinbase (11:29) why Coinbase has only invested $130 million in crypto through its corporate treasury (12:26) whether or not decentralized exchanges like Uniswap pose a threat to Coinbase, and whether unregulated centralized exchanges might squeeze them from the other end (15:41) challenges Coinbase will face going forward (19:13) how well the stock will do once it's listed (20:05) Crypto News Recap (20:59)    Thank you to our sponsor! Crypto.com: https://bit.ly/3jzkTAD  Download the Crypto.com app here: https://crypto.onelink.me/J9Lg/laurashinpodcasttesla   Episode Links Jeff Roberts Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffjohnroberts Personal Website: https://jeffjohnroberts.com/  Decrypt: https://decrypt.co Kings of Crypto: https://store.hbr.org/product/kings-of-crypto-one-startup-s-quest-to-take-cryptocurrency-out-of-silicon-valley-and-onto-wall-street/10436   Coinbase S-1 Filing Information S-1 Form: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1679788/000162828021003168/coinbaseglobalincs-1.htm Coinbase Profit: https://decrypt.co/59347/coinbase-big-profit-for-2020-ahead-of-milestone-ipo-direct-listing S-1 Deep Dive: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/95921/coinbases-s-1-public-filing-is-now-public-setting-stage-for-a-direct-listing-on-nasdaq Sending to Satoshi Nakamoto: https://decrypt.co/59509/coinbase-s-1-filing-bitcoin-satoshi-nakamoto + https://twitter.com/laurashin/status/1364954956571279369  Share Distribution: https://decrypt.co/59439/coinbase-insiders-very-rich-goes-public Pre-IPO Shares: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/linked/96057/coinbase-pre-ipo-shares-ftx-s1  Armstrong Income: https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-sec-form-s-1  Balance Sheet: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/96021/coinbase-says-holds-bitcoin-btc-on-balance-sheet  Transaction Revenue: https://twitter.com/lawmaster/status/1364972834167148548   Link to the Crypto News Recap: https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-one-figure-in-the-coinbase-s-1/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The paperback version of my book, The Cryptopians, is out now.

0:04.5

It contains a new afterward covering recent developments in crypto since 2021 when the

0:09.0

book went to press.

0:10.4

Plus, this version names the person I suspect to be the Dow hacker.

0:14.7

In case you never got to read the book in hardback, or like me, you like to read paperbacks

0:19.0

or bedtime reading, order today, check our newsletter and the show notes for the link,

0:23.7

or just search for it at any of your favorite bookstores.

0:26.5

It's The Cryptopians.

0:28.0

Idealism, greed, lies, and the making of the first big cryptocurrency craze.

0:32.6

Thanks for reading.

0:34.1

Hi everyone, welcome to Unconfirmed.

0:40.5

The show that reveals how the marquee names in crypto are reacting to the meets top headlines

0:44.4

and gets the insidescube on what they see on the horizon.

0:46.8

I'm your host, Laura Shin, a journalist with over two decades of experience.

0:50.6

I started covering crypto five years ago, and as a senior editor at Forbes was the first

0:54.9

mainstream media reporter to cover cryptocurrency full-time.

0:58.2

Unchained and Unconfirmed are now published as videos.

1:00.7

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1:04.6

c slash Unchained podcast and subscribe today.

1:08.6

Crypto.com is giving away four Teslas.

1:11.5

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1:17.9

Download the crypto.com app now.

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