$Coinbase(COIN.US) Is there any growth left in the company? Missing the numbers quarter after quarter.
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$Coinbase(COIN.US) Is there any growth left in the company? Missing the numbers quarter after quarter.


$Coinbase(COIN.US) reported Q2 results, further deepening the Q1 slump.
Specifically:1) Trading remained weak: trading revenue fell 19% YoY. The company did not disclose headline trading volume this quarter, but Coinbase spot volumes dropped sharply YoY and QoQ.The industry showed the same trend. Per CoinGecko, Q2 industrywide spot crypto volumes fell 27% QoQ, and total market cap declined 11% QoQ. In the filing...

COIN 2Q26 First Take: Crypto stayed under pressure in Q2 on higher-for-longer rate expectations, geopolitical frictions, and Strategy’s selling, with a sharp pullback in Jun. In this backdrop, results are unlikely to be strong. Some sentiment-driven de-rating likely occurred ahead of the print.
Beyond macro, the slow progress on the CLARIFY Act also weighed on sentiment. It remains stuck awaiting a Senate floor vote. With the Aug recess and midterms ahead, passage this year looks unlikely, removing a key catalyst for Coinbase.
1) Trading kept sliding: trading revenue fell 19% YoY. The company did not disclose legacy trading volume metrics this quarter, but Coinbase spot volumes declined sharply YoY and QoQ, in line with the broader market. That said, management’s disclosed market share metric continued to rise.
2) Subscriptions also lagged, with soft guidance: non-trading subscription revenue is driven by stablecoin income, staking income, Base chain revenue, and interest income. Q2 came in at $560 mn (-12% YoY, -5% QoQ). The mix is smoother than trading but still weakened.
By line item, stablecoin income largely tracked USDC market cap. Staking was hit by a double whammy of lower token market caps and yields, posting a steep decline. Only custody fees and Base chain revenue were relatively stable (+4% QoQ, -5% YoY).
For Q3, management guides subscription revenue to be flat QoQ and below Street expectations. This implies a slower near-term recovery in USDC expansion as well as in ETH/SOL prices and staking yields.
3) Continued increase in stablecoin holdings: the stablecoin market also shrank in Q2 amid the crypto slump and the CLARIFY overhang. USDC market cap fell to $73.5 bn (-5% QoQ), with more pronounced swings than USDT. This likely reflects USDT’s broader use cases, including commerce payments, and a higher non-US user base, making it less sensitive to rates and CLARIFY timing.
Coinbase kept adding exposure, with average platform-held and custodied USDC at $20 bn, 26% of circulating supply, up from 25% in Q1. The company has renewed its partnership with Circle. Both sides remain tightly aligned as ecosystem partners.
4) Core profit turned negative: with revenue under pressure and relatively sticky opex, margins compressed. Despite cost controls, severance, consolidating Deribit, and new product investments drove R&D up 22%. As a result, gross profit less operating expenses turned negative in the quarter.
5) Buybacks slowed: Coinbase repurchased $81 mn in Q2 (810k shares at an avg. $148.94), largely during the Jun selloff. That compares with ~ $1.1 bn in Q1, effectively slamming the brakes. $Coinbase(COIN.US)


Below is Dolphin Research's compiled transcript for $Coinbase(COIN.US) FY26Q2 earnings call. Section I: Core takeaways recap.
1. The Circle partnership auto-renewed on existing terms: the company met the renewal conditions, and the agreement will roll on the original terms, removing prior market uncertainty around renewal. The company will continue working with Circle to expand USDC's scale and build out its ecosystem.
2. Revenue mix is meaningfully more diversified: BTC-related trading revenue has fallen from historically more than half of total, to below half of total. ...

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$Coinbase(COIN.US) | Compass Point reiterates 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐥 on 𝐂𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞, maintains 𝐏𝐓 𝐚𝐭 $𝟏𝟒𝟎
Analyst sees the bull case hinging on the Clarity Act, with weak 3Q guidance expected and fundamentals deteriorating despite a stubborn valuation.
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$Circle(CRCL.US) | Compass Point reiterates 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 on 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩, 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐓 𝐭𝐨 $𝟔𝟐, 'we remain cautious'
Analyst cautiously raises PT, seeing the new ARC token as a near-term sentiment booster that could mask longer-term headwinds from COIN's Hyperliquid deal.
$Coinbase(COIN.US) | BTIG reiterates 𝐁𝐮𝐲 on 𝐂𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐓 𝐭𝐨 $𝟐𝟔𝟎 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 $𝟐𝟖𝟎
Analyst sees Coinbase's business rapidly diversifying away from spot crypto transaction revenue, making 2Q results potentially better than feared.
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$Coinbase(COIN.US) | Rosenblatt reiterates 𝐁𝐮𝐲 on 𝐂𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞, maintains 𝐏𝐓 𝐚𝐭 $𝟐𝟒𝟎
Analyst sees a buying opportunity in the current crypto malaise, with Coinbase's diversification into a financial "super app" creating a positive new trajectory.
$Coinbase(COIN.US) | Barclays reiterates 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 on 𝐂𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞, maintains 𝐏𝐓 𝐚𝐭 $𝟏𝟎𝟕
Analyst sees Coinbase's new products as an effort to counter muted crypto trading by capturing more user activity and diversifying the platform.
$Coinbase(COIN.US) | BTIG 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐁𝐮𝐲 on 𝐂𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞, 𝐏𝐓 𝐚𝐭 $𝟐𝟖𝟎
