Crypto Exchanges
By Bruce Buterin
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Trading Hours Beat NYSE and Nasdaq. The hours alone are worth flagging. Coinbase is running 24 hours a day, five days a week.
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FCA Green Light Came in July 2026. None of this happens without the paperwork. The UK's Financial Conduct Authority gave Coinbase…
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eToro Has Done This, But Coinbase's Angle Is Different. Coinbase isn't the first platform to bundle stocks and crypto for UK users.
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Coinbase went live in the UK today with stock trading. Nearly 4,000 US equities, zero commission, and fractional shares starting at £1 — all sitting inside the same app UK users…
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Funding works through GBP or USDC, so anyone holding stablecoin balances can put them straight to work buying equities. That's a pretty meaningful detail.
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The hours alone are worth flagging. Coinbase is running 24 hours a day, five days a week. That's longer than the NYSE and Nasdaq both. Standard US exchange hours are 9:30 a.m.
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The extended hours are part of what makes the crypto-native infrastructure useful here. Crypto markets never close, and Coinbase built its tech stack around that reality.
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None of this happens without the paperwork. The UK's Financial Conduct Authority gave Coinbase investment services authorization in July 2026 — that's what opened the door to…
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The regulatory groundwork matters because the UK's full crypto framework isn't expected to land until October 2027. Coinbase locked in its authorization well ahead of that.
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See also: Tria and Decibel Launch $25,000 Trading Contest Pitting Bitcoin Against Tokenized Stocks
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It's worth remembering what else Coinbase has built in the UK recently. In November 2025, the company launched a GBP savings account through ClearBank, offering 3.
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Coinbase isn't the first platform to bundle stocks and crypto for UK users. eToro has offered stocks, ETFs, commodities, and cryptocurrencies through a single account for years.
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The company also seems to be betting on a specific gap in UK retail investing. Coinbase cites survey data suggesting UK investors own fewer stocks than their US counterparts.
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And the USDC angle keeps coming back. Being able to fund stock purchases with stablecoin balances is genuinely new for most UK retail investors.
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