Coinbase is launching its largest product expansion ever, transforming itself from a crypto trading platform into an "all-in-one exchange" integrating stocks, prediction markets, Solana DEX, derivatives, customized stablecoins, and an AI financial assistant, echoing CEO Brian Armstrong's ambition to make Coinbase the world's most comprehensive financial services app.
Coinbase Announces Largest Expansion: From Crypto Platform to Financial Super App
At its product launch event this morning, Coinbase officially unveiled its most complete " everything exchange" blueprint to date, launching services including stock trading, prediction markets, Solana DEX integration, stock derivatives, stablecoin infrastructure, and AI financial assistant.
As Coinbase's most aggressive product expansion in its 13-year history, its goal is no longer just to become a leader in the crypto industry, but a super platform spanning on-chain and traditional finance.
Coinbase is entering the US stock and ETF trading markets, simultaneously paving the way for "stock tokenization".
The expansion focuses on launching stock and ETF trading , powered by Coinbase Capital Markets, offering users perpetually fee-free buying and selling in USD or USDC. Some stocks will also offer additional 24-hour, 5-day-a-week trading hours.
The official statement indicated that thousands more stocks will be added in the future, and plans are in place to launch a stock perpetual contract feature for overseas users to improve capital efficiency.
Coinbase also announced that it will launch Coinbase Tokenize , an institutional-grade tokenization platform, in 2026, targeting the next wave of corporate capital going on-chain.
Coinbase partners with Kalshi to enter the prediction market, allowing instant gambling with a minimum of $1.
Coinbase has also announced a partnership with the compliant prediction market Kalshi to integrate event contracts and liquidity into its main platform, with plans to add more prediction market sources in the future. Users can participate with a minimum of $1 and place orders in USD or USDC.
Predicted market positions will be displayed alongside stock, crypto asset, and cash balances, allowing users to see all their exposures at a glance.
Coinbase integrates Solana DEX Jupiter: On-chain transactions completed with a single click
Coinbase has also integrated with Jupiter, Solana's largest DEX aggregator, allowing users to trade Solana tokens directly within the app without having to manually search for them in their wallets. Jupiter provides the quotes and trading channels, while Coinbase offers the intuitive user experience.
The official statement emphasizes that millions of tokens on the Solana and Base networks can now be traded directly, and there are plans to support more public chains in the future.
Customized stablecoin platforms: Coinbase competes head-on with Paxos and Stripe
In the stablecoin space, Coinbase launched the Custom Stablecoins platform to help companies issue their own USD stablecoins under their own brands. Early partners include Flipcash, Solflare, and R2.
Coinbase also revealed that its application for a U.S. OCC National Trust Bank license is still under review. This move to enter the stablecoin infrastructure market will undoubtedly put it in competition with Paxos , Circle, Ripple, and Stripe's Bridge .
( Crypto companies such as Circle and Ripple obtain OCC National Trust Bank licenses )
Empowering AI financial assistants with the x402 for a comprehensive upgrade to the payment experience.
Coinbase announced partnerships with several payment companies to strengthen its stablecoin payment infrastructure and plans to establish the x402 Foundation with partners such as Cloudflare to promote the standard as the foundation for global AI payments.
Building on its previously launched x402 open-source payment protocol for AI Agents, Coinbase has also released an AI financial assistant that can answer investment questions, build investment portfolios, and provide personalized advice. The beta version has been released to a select group of users.
With businesses on one side and the general public on the other, Base App and Coinbase Business reveal their global ambitions.
Coinbase also announced service expansions for the Base App and Coinbase Business, targeting both the general public and businesses respectively.
The former, an all-in-one app combining social networking, transactions, payments, and savings, is now available in more than 140 countries worldwide; the latter, an enterprise-friendly, crypto-native infrastructure, provides institutions with services such as global payment collection, asset management, and financial returns.
The CEO declared that the app will become the world's number one financial app: the next Coinbase era has arrived.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated that this announcement marks the beginning of a new era for Coinbase, and clearly sets the goal: "I want Coinbase to become the world's number one financial services app."
Through stocks, prediction markets, financial instruments, and crypto-as-a-service (CaaS), we have the conditions to make this vision a reality.
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