What Happened?
Shares of blockchain infrastructure company Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) jumped 8.2% in the afternoon session after the company reported third-quarter financial results that significantly topped Wall Street's estimates. The company announced quarterly revenue of $1.87 billion, surpassing the consensus estimate of $1.78 billion. Profitability was also a highlight, with adjusted earnings per share (EPS) coming in at $1.44, well ahead of the anticipated $1.17. According to the company, these strong results were driven by better-than-expected trading revenue and continued momentum in its stablecoin, USDC, which is gaining traction as a payment and treasury tool for financial institutions and corporations. Notably, the company made significant progress on the "Everything Exchange" vision. The acquisition of Deribit was pivotal, helping Coinbase and Deribit collectively achieve over $840 billion in notional derivatives trading volume. This, combined with expanding its platform to cover 90% of the total crypto asset market cap, demonstrated aggressive expansion. Zooming out, we think this was a good print with some key areas of upside.
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What Is The Market Telling Us
Coinbase’s shares are extremely volatile and have had 56 moves greater than 5% over the last year. In that context, today’s move indicates the market considers this news meaningful but not something that would fundamentally change its perception of the business.
The previous big move we wrote about was 4 days ago when the stock gained 3.9% on the news that the company announced a collaboration with Citigroup to develop digital asset payment capabilities for its institutional clients. The partnership aimed to make it easier for large companies and financial firms to move money between traditional bank accounts and cryptocurrencies. This collaboration focused on improving the bridges between the traditional financial system and the crypto world. The companies also planned to explore using stablecoins for faster global payments.
Coinbase is up 36.2% since the beginning of the year, but at $350.21 per share, it is still trading 16.6% below its 52-week high of $419.78 from July 2025. Investors who bought $1,000 worth of Coinbase’s shares at the IPO in April 2021 would now be looking at an investment worth $1,067.
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