Episode Details

This Week in Fintech’s Nik Milanovic sat down with Coinbase Chief Business Officer Shan Aggarwal to discuss Coinbase’s Q1 2026 earnings following the company’s latest earnings release.

• Q1 highlights, including all-time high crypto trading volume market share 
• USDC growth on-platform and why stablecoin economics matter 
• How institutional and developer products reinforce retail liquidity 
• What the “everything exchange” means for tokenized markets 
• Early traction in retail derivatives, prediction markets, and integrated DEX trading 
• Why Base sees a 10x jump in stablecoin transaction volume 
• Agentic commerce on Base, the X402 protocol, and machine-to-machine payments 
• What Coinbase is prioritising through 2026