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The Briefing: Coinbase’s First Quarter Sets Stage for Big Debut

By Martin Peers · April 6, 2021 5:01 PM PDT

Inside Coinbase's San Francisco office. Photo by Bloomberg

Next week’s public market debut of cryptocurrency firm Coinbase is shaping up to be a true blockbuster. Coinbase’s first-quarter results today showed numbers any company would dream to use in their going-public pitch deck. For instance, Coinbase produced net profit of between $730 million and $800 million, up from $32 million a year earlier. Revenue hit $1.8 billion, nearly 10...

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By Shai Oster · April 7, 2021

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By Shai Oster · April 7, 2021

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By Juro Osawa · April 6, 2021

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