Coinbase expands everything exchange push with tokenized stocks and AI tools

Coinbase announced a major product expansion including tokenized stocks for non-US customers, options trading, real-world asset perpetual futures, AI advisory tools, and new consumer finance products, aiming to become a single financial platform. The exchange also introduced a developer platform and expanded its payments business, which processed nearly $1 trillion in stablecoin volume last year.

Coinbase expands everything exchange push with tokenized stocks and AI tools The exchange is adding tokenized equities, options, RWA perps, AI advisory tools and new consumer finance products as it tries to make Coinbase a single financial platform. Coinbase unveiled https://www.coinbase.com/blog/system-update-take-control-of-your-money-with-coinbase a broad product expansion across stocks, derivatives, artificial intelligence, consumer finance and business payments as the company pushes deeper into its “everything exchange” strategy. The company said it will introduce tokenized stocks next month for customers outside the US. The products will be backed one to one by the underlying equities and will include dividend payouts and shareholder rights, according to Coinbase. The company said users will be able to trade US stocks around the clock, lend shares to earn yield, use them as collateral or transfer them directly to others. Coinbase also plans to roll out options trading for crypto and stocks in the coming months, bringing more advanced strategies to the same platform where users already trade digital assets. The exchange is also expanding its equities business. Users can now transfer stock portfolios from other platforms into Coinbase and trade major US stocks, indexes and ETFs through Coinbase Advanced, with zero commission fees, TradingView charting, fractional shares and rewards on trade ready USDC balances. Coinbase is adding more derivatives products as well. The company said it is introducing real world asset perpetual futures tied to thematic equity baskets such as AI, China, Defense and the Tech 100. Its pre IPO perpetual futures started with SpaceX, with Anthropic and OpenAI contracts coming soon. Prediction markets are another part of the update. Coinbase is adding crypto binaries, which let users trade short term up or down outcomes on assets such as BTC, ETH and SOL, along with combos that bundle multiple predictions into one position. Artificial intelligence is also moving deeper into the platform. Coinbase launched Coinbase Advisor for Coinbase One members in the US, describing it as an SEC registered AI investment advisor that can help with tax loss harvesting, market analysis and multi asset trade recommendations. The company is also expanding Coinbase for Agents, allowing users to give AI agents permission to execute trading strategies within defined limits. Users can restrict agents to isolated sub accounts and set limits around capital allocation, eligible assets and trade sizes. The update extends beyond trading. Coinbase launched a travel portal offering 5% Bitcoin back on bookings, introduced USDC backed access to the Coinbase One Card and added borrowing against staked Solana through JitoSOL and Morpho on Base. For businesses, Coinbase also introduced a new Coinbase Developer Platform designed to give companies access to wallet infrastructure, payments, trading systems and stablecoin issuance from one entry point. Coinbase said its payments products processed nearly $1 trillion in stablecoin volume last year across its products. Disclosure: This article was edited by Estefano Gomez. For more information on how we create and review content, see our Editorial Policy https://cryptobriefing.com/editorial-policy/ .