The Definitive Guide to Coinbase Going Public

From the company’s history to business model to controversy, it’s everything you need to know.

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From the company’s history to business model to controversy, it’s everything you need to know.

This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.

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On the day of Coinbase’s historic direct listing on Nasdaq, NLW answers your most important questions about the company and its place in the industry.

How did Coinbase become successful?
What is the crypto public's perception of Coinbase?
What is Coinbase's business model and how has that model been shifting?
What is Coinbase's role in the recent institutional shift in bitcoin?
Does Coinbase have any controversy in its past?
Why did Coinbase choose a direct listing?
What are people expecting, price wise?
Why did BTC and ETH hit all-time highs in advance of the listing?
How might Coinbase impact the crypto markets?

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Nathaniel Whittemore

NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.