Coinbase’s interest in decentralized finance has long been known, but new comments from the publicly traded crypto exchange’s chief financial officer suggest that the company is eyeing a broader scope.
Alesia Haas spoke during a fintech-focused event hosted by Citi on Monday. Early in that appearance, Haas provided insight into the exchange’s overall strategy, dividing it into three „pillars.” The third one, she said, centers around the Coinbase platform as one that users can access an array of applications and uses within.
„The third pillar for us is crypto as an app platform, and here’s where we serve the broader crypto ecosystem,” Haas explained, going on to say:
„We plan eventually to service third-party apps inside our main product and so that we’re going to be agnostic between a customer choosing a Coinbase product or a third-party DeFi product. We want to introduce and find the best product for our customers.”
Haas later spoke to the overarching relationship between Coin
