Skip to content
Advertisement
Coinbase joins Ripple and Circle in bid to secure US banking license

Coinbase joins Ripple and Circle in bid to secure US banking license

Photo: Michael Nagle

Federal charters could streamline oversight and fuel innovation as leading digital asset firms deepen ties to mainstream finance.

Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN) price

Full chart and stats

Loading chart…

Market cap
$42.5B (shares as of 2026-06-30)
P/E (trailing)
Not meaningful: trailing loss. Diluted EPS −3.79 for 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30, rolled from reported annual and year-to-date EPS (approximate) SEC filing
Annual revenue
$7.2B USD (FY ended 2025-12-31) 10-K
Annual revenue growth
+9.4% (FY ended 2025-12-31 vs FY ended 2024-12-31) 10-K
Annual net income
1,260,327,000 USD (FY ended 2025-12-31, attributable to the company) 10-K
Annual operating margin
20.0% (FY ended 2025-12-31)
Forward P/E
Unavailable: no dated forecast source

Gloria daily close for session Oct 27, 2026. Market cap and trailing P/E use this close with the SEC share total and trailing diluted earnings, each dated next to its figure. Annual revenue, revenue growth, net income and margin show their own fiscal period and link the 10-K. Current context may postdate this article.

Coinbase Global, Inc. and its peers

Company PriceMarket capP/E (trailing)Forward P/EAnnual revenue (USD)Annual revenue growthAnnual net income (USD)Operating margin
Coinbase Global, Inc. COIN · Price dated Oct 27, 2026 · tokenized COINx $161$42.5BNot meaningfulLoss, diluted EPS −3.79
to 2026-06-30 · SEC filing
Unavailable$7.2BFY ended 2025-12-31 · 10-K+9.4%FY ended 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31 · 10-K1,260,327,000FY ended 2025-12-31, attributable to the company · 10-K20.0%FY ended 2025-12-31
Strategy Inc MSTR · Price dated Oct 27, 2026 · tokenized MSTRx $141UnavailableNot meaningfulLoss, diluted EPS −96.98
to 2026-06-30 · SEC filing
Unavailable$477.2MFY ended 2025-12-31 · 10-K+3.0%FY ended 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31 · 10-K−3,848,152,000FY ended 2025-12-31, attributable to the company · 10-K−1,140.8%FY ended 2025-12-31
Circle Internet Group, Inc. CRCL · Price dated Oct 27, 2026 · tokenized CRCLx $82Unavailable16.3Unavailable$2.7BFY ended 2025-12-31 · 10-K+63.9%FY ended 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31 · 10-K−69,508,000FY ended 2025-12-31, attributable to the company · 10-K−3.5%FY ended 2025-12-31
Bitmine Immersion Technologies, Inc. BMNR · Price dated Oct 27, 2026 · tokenized BMNRx $22$13.0BNot meaningfulLoss, diluted EPS −4.50
to 2026-05-31 · SEC filing
Unavailable$6.1MFY ended 2025-08-31 · 10-K+84.1%FY ended 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31 · 10-K348,577,000FY ended 2025-08-31, attributable to the company · 10-K7,288.1%FY ended 2025-08-31

Missing figures stay unavailable. Forward P/E requires a dated source. Annual revenue, revenue growth, net income and margin come from each company's own 10-K, in US dollars, and each row shows that fiscal year. Revenue growth compares the fiscal year with the prior year stated in the same 10-K. Net income is the full year amount attributable to the company, or available to common stockholders where the filing states only that, or consolidated net income. Each row names its basis. Trailing P/E reads "Not meaningful" when the dated trailing diluted EPS is a loss or zero. An operating margin appears only when the filing states both the operating income and the revenue for the same year.

Sources: SEC filings, Gloria daily closes and CoinGecko. Oldest record refresh: Oct 28, 2026, 4:41 PM EDT. Refresh is not a price or filing date. Each row shows its price date and its annual fiscal period. Peers use industry code and company size, or editorial selection. Market cap multiplies that row price by the company share total the latest SEC filing states for every share class together. Trailing P/E divides it by trailing diluted earnings from SEC filings. Rolled earnings per share are approximate because share counts can change between periods. Both appear only when the SEC data carries its date, so they are estimates at one price date, not synchronized filing valuations. Not investment advice.

Coinbase has applied for a National Trust Company Charter from the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), joining Ripple and Circle in pursuing federal oversight to expand their digital asset services.

The company, which runs one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, is regulated under a patchwork of state licenses, including the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) BitLicense.

Advertisement

Adding a national OCC charter on top of its existing New York state licenses would enhance Coinbase’s custody business and create opportunities for new products, including payments and related services.

“Coinbase has no intention of becoming a bank,” the company stated, emphasizing its focus on bridging the gap between the crypto economy and the traditional financial system.

Since 2015, the NYDFS BitLicense framework has provided operational oversight for crypto companies. Coinbase views the OCC charter as a way to streamline oversight for new offerings and continue innovation in traditional finance integration.

“We’re not the first crypto company to seek a federal charter, and we won’t be the last,” Coinbase said, adding that it will work with OCC staff throughout the review process and address feedback through public comment.

Circle, Ripple, BitGo, and Paxos are also seeking to attain bank charters amidst regulatory changes and increasing opportunities for deeper integration with traditional finance.

Anchorage Digital is the only crypto company to have gained a national trust charter from the OCC. CEO Nathan McCauley said achieving the license involved major compliance spending and close regulatory engagement.

Disclosure: This article was edited by Vivian Nguyen. For more information on how we create and review content, see our Editorial Policy.

More in Regulation

See all
Previous storyLaser Digital in talks with Japan FSA for crypto trading license