Coinbase says it's launching tokenized stocks, predictions markets for U.S. users in coming months

In this articleCOINBTC.CM= your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTThiago Prudencio | LightRocket | Getty ImagesCoinbase is planning to expand its core trading app beyond crypto, the company said Thursday.The newly imagined "everything exchange" will include tokenized real-world assets, stocks, derivatives, prediction and early-stage token sales

The new offerings will roll out in the next few months, first to U.S. users, ed by a "gradual international rollout based on jurisdictional apvals," Max Branzburg, vice president of duct at Coinbase, told CNBC. "We're building an exchange for everything," he said. "Everything you want to trade, in a one-stop shop, on-chain. … We're bringing all assets onchain — stocks, prediction , and more

We're building the foundations for a faster, more accessible, more global economy."The expansion puts Coinbase in even closer competition with Robinhood, Gemini and Kraken, all of whom have recently opened tokenized equity offerings to users outside the U.S

CEO Brian Armstrong has said he has a goal of making Coinbase the top financial services app within the next decade.Coinbase's announcement comes hours after the Securities and Exchange Commission introduced "ject Crypto," an initiative to "modernize" securities rules and regulations to allow for crypto-based trading activity

Tokenization of stocks and other traditional, non-crypto native assets, has surged in ity this year as the Trump administration has worked to roll back restrictive crypto policies from the previous U.S. leadership

While trading for retail and institutional investors is Coinbase's core , the company is in the midst of a big push to amplify consumer engagement through new services, taking advantage of the new -crypto policies out of Washington

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