Tag: Embarrassing

Really, at this point, Coinbase is just embarrassing itself by not buying Bitcoin and doing silly buybacks. Coinbase just had a bad quarter. After reporting disappointing Q3 earnings, its stock plunged over 10%. To instill confidence, Coinbase announced a $1 billion share buyback. But that flopped, too, with shares barely budging. This whole debacle just shows that Coinbase is foolishly ignoring the obvious strategy here — buying bitcoin. Instead of share buybacks, imagine if Coinbase put $1 billion into bitcoin for its corporate reserves. That would have sent a real…

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