Shortly before the IPO: Coinbase announces quarterly figures

The largest crypto exchange in the United States has submitted its quarterly figures to the SEC. This means that the company is only a stone’s throw away from the IPO.

Shortly before the planned IPO, which is to take place on April 14th, Coinbase now has its current quarterly figures from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). That goes out of one document the stock exchange supervisory authority. Accordingly, the unicorn from San Francisco generated total sales of around 1.8 billion US dollars in the first quarter of the current year. According to estimates by Coinbase, the net profit is between 730 and 800 million US dollars. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2020, the company’s sales grew by a full 208 percent, while net profit even quadrupled.

This exorbitant growth, in addition to the extremely positive developments in the crypto sector, is primarily related to the fact that the number of users who transacted at least once a month increased enormously. While there were 2.8 million users at the end of 2020, this number has more than doubled to currently 6.1 million. Overall, the crypto exchange states that it has 56 million verified users. Due to this new flood of users, Coinbase was able to determine an increased trading volume. In the fourth quarter of last year it was still at 193.1 billion US dollars, it increased in the following quarter to 335 billion US dollars.

Experts reckon with a valuation of 100 billion US dollars

The first quarter of 2021 is therefore the most successful quarter in the company’s history. After all, the vast majority of revenue comes from commissions. Additionally, in mid-March, Coinbase announced that the average price of its shares, which were sold in private transactions between January 1 and March 15, was $ 343.58. Using these numbers as a basis, it adds up to an overall valuation of $ 68 billion. Due to the brilliant quarterly figures, however, the evaluation should be even more positive. Meanwhile, experts do not rule out a market value of 100 billion US dollars.

Rumors of resumption of XRP trading pairs on Coinbase

Meanwhile, rumors are currently circulating about Coinbase, which have as their object the resumption of XRP trading pairs. Previously, the US crypto exchange, like most of the larger US trading platforms, had suspended the sale of XRP. The reason for this is the ongoing legal disputes with the SEC, which Ripple accuses of selling an unregistered security with his coin. Judging by rumors, at least Coinbase should soon turn around. Because whoever searches the Coinbase Pro API for “XRP” or “Ripple”, you will find what you are looking for. At least in the backend, the coin seems to have arrived again.