According to CEO Brian Armstrong, Coinbase plans to prioritize stablecoins, its Ethereum layer-2 base, and develop past exchange products for cryptocurrencies in 2026.
In a New Year’s social media post, Armstrong confirmed Coinbase’s “exchange everything” strategy, which includes products such as prediction markets, equities and commodities.
At its year-end conference in December, Coinbase launched stock trading and prediction markets as part of its push. The company also touts its wallet app as an “everything app,” with social networking and OneChain features.
Coinbase is not alone in expanding its product suite. Rival crypto exchanges are increasingly bundling services to become “super apps.”
A recent report by Delphi Digital notes that exchanges like Coinbase, Okex, and Binance are quietly developing distributed layers for a growing range of digital utilities.
Everything is moving towards a vision of exchange
Coinbase rolling out stock trading on its main app is described by its executives as a “milestone” to enable 24/7 trading of crypto as well as stocks and ETFs from a single interface.
Coinbase also announced Onchin Prediction Markets in partnership with Kalshi, which allows users to bet on real-world events, and flagged 24/7 permanent futures projects on both crypto and stocks.
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Such moves are pushing crypto exchanges further into territory occupied by retail brokerages and derivatives venues.
Stablecoins and payment coins form the second phase of Base’s 2026 plan. It has developed stablecoins as the primary financial infrastructure for remittances, salaries and settlements. Armstrong predicts that banks will eventually demand interest.
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Security and support issues cloud the SuperApp push
Armstrong’s vision has not been in vain. Base’s approach to creator coins has drawn backlash from builders who have questioned whether the network is capitalizing on opportunities for viral growth, even as the team talks up creators as a major onboarding channel.
Community backlash has also flagged longstanding concerns about Coinbase’s security and customer support.
The company revealed in 2025 that cybercriminals have used overseas customer service agents to steal customer data, triggering media scrutiny and renewing a new debate about outsourced support and data.
