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Avantis (AVNT) should eventually break out of its long trading range, with the priority being a move up through the range first. As the Coinbase- and Thiel-backed perpetuals exchange on Base, it should draw action in the same week perpetual futures get approved in the US. A post the author replies to frames it as a catch-up trade on US perps becoming legal, with Avantis as Base's perps venue of choice. x.com x.com
Avantis is now repeating Aerodrome's run, and as a staple of the Base ecosystem it is unlikely to simply wither away. Its chart also looks to be bottoming and curling up. Zora, another Base staple, is being watched for the same setup, with the earlier caveat that this holds so long as the market doesn't puke. x.com x.com
US regulated perps could be one of the most profitable narratives in the next six months as a mostly offshore market opens to US retail. Robinhood has a large retail base; Coinbase has Deribit liquidity and seeks stock perps. Hyperliquid could gain from sector validation despite competition. Lighter has Robinhood Wallet integration; Robinhood Chain uses Arbitrum's stack under a deal designed to send part of protocol revenue to its ecosystem. Regulation and token value capture remain uncertain. … Show more
A deeper, more liquid perpetual-futures market should expand Ethena's USDe funding reserves, making StablecoinX the best risk/reward way to gain exposure to securities tokenization and growing perps. ICE and trade[XYZ] plan a dedicated U.S. market, subject to CFTC approval. StablecoinX's updated fully diluted NAV is $20.41 versus a $9.15 share price, a 55% discount. x.com x.com x.com
Heavy put bets at $170 provide a positioning basis for Coinbase's $180 target by October 23. Shares are holding above that put wall; no chase. x.com
Coinbase is becoming much more than a crypto exchange, with USDC, derivatives, prediction markets, tokenization and Base. The chart supports it: the stock has built a massive seven-month Stage 1 base and reclaimed its 200-day moving average, and when it gets going it tends to move hard. x.com
Coinbase's fundamental and technical stories now match, as Circle's leadership has changed sentiment for crypto names and wider crypto access connects directly to Coinbase's platform. The stock is showing relative strength against Bitmine and Strategy, with an undercut-and-reclaim of its daily 9/50 EMA cluster heading into FOMC that could produce a good move. x.com
Coinbase is hard to be structurally bearish on for anyone bullish on crypto infrastructure, as one of the few scaled public companies at the center of stablecoins, tokenization, custody and crypto's merger with TradFi. After a 10x run from 2022, it has consolidated for two years, with buyers defending the $140-160 zone three times. With retail interest gone and attention exhausted, conditions are set for the next large move, though a sustained move above $245-320 is still needed. x.com
Coinbase is becoming CME/ICE-style market infrastructure on USDC stablecoin rails, not just a crypto exchange. The CFTC approved Coinbase Clearing LLC as a registered derivatives clearing organization, putting broker, exchange and clearinghouse for US regulated derivatives under one group. Perpetuals are the natural push, in crypto and potentially US single stocks; when the CFTC approved Coinbase and Kalshi bitcoin perpetuals in May, CME and Cboe shares fell sharply. x.com
Coinbase is turning from a place to buy Bitcoin into a full-stack financial platform because Brian Armstrong ships relentlessly. New launches include tokenized stocks, pre-IPO perps, options, US crypto derivatives, prediction markets, an AI investment advisor, AI agent accounts and wallets, crypto-backed mortgages and loans against staked ETH and SOL. Base also dominates Ethereum layer-2s, and its tokenomics will be fascinating to see. Coinbase will be hard to ignore if it dips any lower. x.com … Show more
Coinbase remains a buy-the-dip crypto holding, but now ranks behind Circle. It has lagged amid prolonged CLARITY Act uncertainty, faces revenue risk from the ongoing USDC custody renegotiation with Circle, and miners shifting to AI temper the trading-volume outlook. Circle is the preferred stablecoin exposure because stablecoins are the natural payment rail for AI agents. Basket weights stay unchanged, with a lean toward adding to Circle as the highest-conviction name. x.com
The carnage in crypto could push Coinbase another leg lower and break its February lows, even though it is already down about 60% from its all-time high. Anecdotally, few people seem to use Coinbase anymore, with most turning to Kraken and Hyperliquid. x.com
