Coinbase (COIN) stock & equity tools

Public · Fintech · IPO 2021

IPO'd 2021-04-14. Plan AMT, exercise tax, and sell-vs-hold decisions around current trading price. Calculator inputs are yours.

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About Coinbase

Coinbase (COIN) is a public Fintech company, incorporated in Texas and headquartered in New York, NY. IPO'd Apr 14, 2021.

Last close: $169.62 per share (as of 2026-06-16).

Equity grants at Coinbase typically include incentive stock options (ISOs), non-qualified stock options (NSOs), and restricted stock units (RSUs).

Coinbase Global, Inc. is an American cryptocurrency exchange. It was founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam. Coinbase has over 100 million users, and is the largest U.S. based cryptocurrency exchange as well as the world's biggest bitcoin custodian, as of 2024. The company operates in more than 100 countries and holds nearly US$516 billion in assets, including nearly 12 percent of all bitcoin in existence and 11 percent of all staked Ether.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam launched Coinbase through Y Combinator in 2012, building a retail-friendly on-ramp for bitcoin out of San Francisco. The company direct-listed on NASDAQ as COIN in April 2021 and joined the S&P 500 on May 19, 2025, the first crypto-native firm in the index. Coinbase operates spot trading, institutional custody, and the Base L2 network, and shares roughly half of Circle's USDC reserve revenue. Q1 2026 revenue reached $1.41 billion.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · press.spglobal.com · decrypt.co

Equity comp at Coinbase

  • RSUs use single-trigger vesting: shares become yours as each portion vests on schedule, and the value is taxed as ordinary income at that point. No IPO or acquisition is required.

Researched 2026-05-07.

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