Emilie Choi, VP of Business, Data & International at Coinbase, said the exchange giant’s next steps will take it to leveraged trading. In an Emilie Choi, VP of Business, Data & International at Coinbase, said the exchange giant’s next steps will take it to leveraged trading. In an interview with The Block’s The Scoop, Choi said the company is still figuring out the next moves, but conversations have begun.
“Margin lend borrow is definitely going to be a next big step for us, especially on the active trader side,” said Choi.
Greater risk comes with trading with borrowed money, and while margin trading regulations in the U.S. protect the market from the worst of the fallout, it can be risky to trade on margin in unregulated markets.
The continued conversations surrounding crypto exchange regulation has kept Coinbase from fleshing out a plan and nailing down particulars like whether the exchange will trade futures and options.
“We still need to figure that out because there's not a lot of regulatory clarity there right now in the US,” she said. “And so that that is being discussed.”
Competitor exchange Binance is also looking to the derivatives market, making moves to allow traders to buy on margin, according to sources. Coinbase has also seemingly gone after some pockets of Binance’s business in Asia, but Choi said the market is big enough for both of them. Binance and Coinbase are less competitors and more friendly giants, she suggested.
“We couldn't probably be more differentiated than them in terms of the focus on the fiat to crypto bridge and being that safe trusted center of the crypto economy,” she said. “So I think they're playing one game, we're playing another.”
source https://www.tokentalk.co/The Block/coinbase-exec-says-the-firm-is-thinking-of-supporting-margin-trading-5cef03b02f9352851246b4d1
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