At the same time, the company is expanding its derivatives business. The new products include perpetual futures tied to thematic baskets such as artificial intelligence, defense and Chinese stocks, as well as pre-IPO perpetual futures that provide exposure to private companies, including SpaceX (SPCX), which went public earlier this month. Coinbase said contracts tied to OpenAI and Anthropic, which are expected to be made public later this year, are expected to follow.
The exchange is also betting heavily on prediction markets, an area that has grown rapidly in traditional and crypto finance. The new offerings include short-term crypto prediction contracts and pooled bets that allow traders to combine multiple forecasts into a single position.
A major focus of the update is artificial intelligence.
Coinbase introduced Coinbase Advisor, which it described as one of the first AI-powered investment advisory tools registered with the SEC. Initially available to Coinbase One subscribers in the US, the service aims to provide portfolio recommendations, tax-loss harvesting guidance, and market analysis.
The announcements reflect CEO Brian Armstrong’s long-term vision of building Coinbase into a full-service financial platform combining trading, payments, lending and asset management. Competition continues to intensify in cryptocurrencies and traditional finance, with exchanges increasingly racing to become the premier destination for trading stocks, digital assets, and tokenized financial products from a single account.
