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The Paradoxes of Coinbase

The cryptocurrency company is a $100 billion enigma.

Mario Gabriele
Mar 21, 2021
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Coinbase in 1 minute

Coinbase is the rarest of beasts: a hyper-growth company that happens to be profitable. The company brought in $1.2 billion in 2020 with a profit of $332 million. Better yet, the cryptocurrency exchange has kicked off 2021 at a startling pace, handling a higher volume of transactions in Q1 than the entirety of last year. 

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