BlockBeats news: On January 16, according to a report by Forbes, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong stated in an interview that Coinbase is working to transform from a cryptocurrency trading platform into an "everything exchange." The company plans to open its stock trading service to all customers within the coming weeks. Currently, the service is only available to a limited number of users.
Brian Armstrong pointed out that while stock trading is currently offered in traditional ways, its ultimate goal is to tokenize equity—issuing stocks natively on a blockchain. He predicts this transition will begin within the next two years, during which all companies will recognize blockchain as a superior technology for managing shares. Armstrong also expressed his hope that Coinbase will become the first company to pay shareholder dividends in the form of Bitcoin in the future.