The rise of the next Coinbase, thanks to Coinbase – TechCrunch

Hello and welcome again to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture-capital-focused podcast, the place we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.

For this week’s deep dive Natasha and Alex and Danny needed to chat crypto. No, not cryptography, however cryptocurrency. The matter has been sizzling in latest months thanks to Coinbase, latest weeks thanks to the speedy value appreciation in the worth of many cash, and in latest days as a result of dogecoin went loopy.

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So with our minds tuned to the future of cash, and commerce, and content material, right here’s the present’s rundown:

• Recent crypto information has been greater than busy, with Venmo including crypto assist, Brian Brooks joining Binance, and the Coinbase direct itemizing.
• But that’s not all, there have been a bunch of NFT marketplaces which have raised tens of millions in the previous week. We speak about Rarible, SuperRare, OpenSea and Dapper Labs. We speak about differentiation, UX and if a couple of market can win.
• Dogecoin’s to the moon second had reached a brand new value excessive and are available down some earlier than our present recorded, however the cryptocurrency’s joke apparently remains to be humorous in spite of everything these years. Here’s a tweet and an article about it.
• The concept that Coinbase’s profitable direct itemizing will matter for traders betting on crypto-focused startups is true, no less than in accordance to traders. More on that right here, and hit us up in order for you a candy low cost code to get previous that paywall.

Equity is again on Friday with our weekly information roundup. It’s going to be a deal with. Chat quickly!