Hey
@jessepollak, nothing against Base but if you're going to compare yourself to a competitor, at least get the facts right.
The tokenized stocks currently trading on Robinhood Chain are not derivatives. They're 1:1 backed.
The derivative product you're talking about is Robinhood's "Classic Stock Tokens". Those are only available in the EU, only trade inside the Robinhood app, and aren't even onchain.
What Robinhood launched this time is a completely different product. The underlying shares are held 1:1 by an SPV, and the debt instrument is what's tokenized. It's basically the same structure as Ondo Global Markets and xStocks.
Funny enough, the tokenized stocks you guys are about to launch look like they'll use the same structure too. Tradable on Base, but not available to U.S. users.
If that's true, then you're not doing anything fundamentally different. You're just following Robinhood.
Five years ago, Coinbase was known for breaking through technical and regulatory barriers before anyone else. Now it feels like the strategy is to wait until someone else proves the model, then vertically integrate it later.
As someone who genuinely loves this industry, I'd love to see Coinbase stop making excuses, get back to what made it great, and start leading again.