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

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) 

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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/

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