Coinbase Drops More Than 13% as Earnings Complicate the Recovery Trade
What happened: Coinbase fell more than 13% on Friday, while Circle declined approximately 9%, Strategy roughly 8%, IREN about 10% and Figure Technology Solutions around 9%.
What happened: Coinbase fell more than 13% on Friday, while Circle declined approximately 9%, Strategy roughly 8%, IREN about 10% and Figure Technology Solutions around 9%. The selloff followed Binance’s disclosure and Thursday-night earnings from Coinbase and Strategy: Coinbase reported $1.16 billion in net revenue, down 34% year over year, and $719 million in net income, including $715 million in crypto investment gains. Strategy reported $19.53 billion in net income, reflecting a $20.91 billion gain on Bitcoin holdings, alongside revenue of $125.4 million, down 3%.
Why it matters: These figures complicate any explanation that attributes the entire stock decline to Binance: investors were also assessing weaker revenue and earnings heavily influenced by asset valuations. Coinbase’s separately reported adjusted net income of $78 million reinforces the need to examine the earnings reconciliation instead of treating headline profit as a direct measure of operating momentum. The contrarian buying case therefore requires judgments about both security contagion and the underlying businesses.
Source: Cointelegraph.