Coinbase's D'Agostino reveals the plan to put all of finance on one app

Jun 15, 2026 12:47 PMPublished Jun 15, 2026 12:47 PM

Traditional banking is obsolete, running on 50-year-old "plumbing" that Coinbase is now systematically replacing. As the "Amazon of banking," Coinbase is moving to control a $15 trillion market by tokenizing every stock, bond, and REIT in existence. They claim to be the "safest place" for your assets while simultaneously dominating high-risk derivatives and DeFi. Is a crypto firm actually more stable and reliable than a traditional bank? Do you agree?
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Speaking with TheStreet Roundtable from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Coinbase's John D'Agostino leaned into the comparison, arguing the company is doing to finance's plumbing what Amazon did to retail: start with one product, prove it, then build the everything store.

www.thestreet.comCoinbase's D'Agostino reveals the plan to put all of finance on one appSpeaking with TheStreet Roundtable from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Coinbase's John D'Agostino leaned into the comparison, arguing the company is doing to finance's plumbing what Amazon did to retail: start with one product, prove it, then build the everything store.

James Heckman •finance •investing •Coinbase

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