Coinbase Wants to Be Canada's 'Everything Exchange' — Crypto, Stocks, and Prediction Markets Under One Roof

WHY IT MATTERS

Think of Coinbase like a restaurant that used to only serve pizza — now it wants to serve burgers, sushi, and desserts too, all under one roof. Right now, if you want to buy crypto you might use Coinbase, but if you want to buy stocks you'd go to a different app like Wealthsimple or Robinhood. Coinbase is trying to become the single app where you can do everything — buy Bitcoin, invest in Apple stock, and even bet on future events through prediction markets (which are like polls where you put money on what you think will happen). They're starting this experiment in Canada because the rules there are more welcoming to crypto companies. If it works, it could change how all of us interact with our money and investments.