Coinbase went public last week, meaning retail investors can now buy its stock on the Nasdaq. Meanwhile, crypto enthusiasts can also buy tokenized versions of the stock on specialty exchanges like FTX and Binance—the token is backed by actual shares of the stock.
But one thing would-be investors still can’t do is buy a tokenized version of the stock issued by Coinbase itself.
This is a frustration for many: not only would a native Coinbase token delight crypto fans, but it would also improve liquidity, since such a token could be traded outside market hours.
The frustration is doubled by the fact that Coinbase itself has professed to be in favor of issuing tokenized shares—not just for its own stock, but for all stocks, even the likes of Walmart.
‘Be as crypto native as possible’
In a May 2020 interview, Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam told Fortune’s Jeff John Roberts, now executive editor at Decrypt, that it would be boring if Coinbase went public without doing anything b
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