- Coinbase continually improved its business operations in the past three months thus a lower quarterly loss of about $2 million compared to the $545 million that was reported at the same time last year
- Having registered a net revenue of $736 million during the third quarter, Coinbase highlighted that it is now focused on driving a clear US regulatory scope as it further pushes its global ventures.
Coinbase Global, a leading publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange in the United States backed by key institutional investors like BlackRock and Circle, released its third quarter 2023 financial updates on Thursday, November 02. From the financial statements, the company reported a total revenue of $674 million, thus reducing its overall debt by 9 percent YTD. During the third quarter, Coinbase launched its layer two scaling solution for the Ethereum network dubbed BASE, which recorded over 10 million token mints through more than 1 million transacting wallets.
Notably, the company reported a decline in consumer quarterly trading volume at about $11 billion compared to the $26 billion that was posted last year during the same time. As for the Institutional trading volume, the company reported about $65 billion compared to $78 billion in the second quarter and $133 billion during the same time last year. As a result, Coinbase shares dropped approximately 3.56 percent to trade around $81.59, although it is a small change compared to the 139 percent spike experienced since the calendar flipped in January.
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(@coinbase) November 2, 2023
Closer Look at Coinbase Q3 Performance and Market Outlook
Coinbase reported a strong balance sheet of about $5.5 billion which increased by about $20 million from the previous quarter. The company expects its overall operations to improve amid the mainstream adoption of digital assets by the G20 countries, where the exchange registered most of its activities. Moreover, Coinbase has faced notable competition from other global cryptocurrency exchanges like Binance that continue to enlarge with more markets.
Meanwhile, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong highlighted that the company is financially healthy despite the crypto volatility hitting the lowest in years. Coinbase noted;
In support of our Go Broad and Go Deep international strategy, we registered with the Bank of Spain and launched in Canada, expanding our reach. Further, we realized a multi-quarter objective when Coinbase Financial Markets secured regulatory approval from the National Futures Association, a CFTC-designated self-regulatory organization, to operate a Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) and offer eligible US customers access to crypto futures,
Meanwhile, Coinbase announced that its sales and marketing expenses dropped by about 7 percent to $78 million, fueled by lower seasonal NBA spending. On the other hand, the technology and development expenses jumped by about 1 percent to around $323 million amid the high adoption of digital assets.
Notably, Coinbase listed seven new assets across five different networks including Ripple-backed XRP. Additionally, Coinbase further enhanced the market liquidity of Circle USDC after the exchange entered into an agreement with the stablecoin issuer. The imminent approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs in the United States has given Coinbase confidence to build institutional-grade crypto infrastructure.
