Crypto Exchange Coinbase landed in 2025 as a “broken” in Time’s 100 most influential companies after the company got into the spotlight in 2024 as one of the leading policy advocates in the Crypto industry.
Coinbase shares have risen about 42% since the start of the year, and experienced a sharp rally after the Senate passed the genius Stablecoin bill on June 17th.
The news hit Coinbase shares at local highs ranging from around $303 per share to $382 per share. Time wrote:
“The company that became the first crypto stock added to the Bellwether S&P 500 index in May is a key driver of industry policy efforts in Washington, D.C., if an industry-friendly invoice is passed.
Coinbase is the largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange and stands as a proxy for the health of the country’s growth industry.
The growing interest in institutional, investors and media for Coinbase could indicate a sustained bull market for digital assets in the coming months.
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Coinbase is reportedly seeking approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to provide tokenized stocks to customers on the platform.
If Crypto Exchange integrates tokenized stock trading, the company will become a direct competitor to applications of Robinhood, Webull, and other brokerage companies that offer mixed asset trading services.
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On June 20th, Coinbase announced it would secure a license to provide digital asset services to the European Union (EU) in a market that is in a Crypto-Assets (MICA) regulatory framework.
The license is permitted by the Supervisory Committee of the Luxembourg Committee of the EU member states, the country’s financial regulators, and Coinbase, and establishes the EU headquarters in Lucembourg.
US President Donald Trump worked on the Coinbase crypto summit in June 2025, pledging to establish a comprehensive cryptocurrency regulatory framework under his administration.
“We are working to create a clear and simple market framework that will allow America to dominate the future of crypto and Bitcoin,” Trump told the audience in a recorded message.
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