Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN ) JPMorgan Global Technology, Media and Communications Conference Call May 21, 2024 2:25 PM ET Company Participants Emilie Choi - President and Chief Operating Officer Alesia Haas - Chief Financial Officer Conference Call Participants Ken Worthington - JPMorgan Ken Worthington Hi, good afternoon, everybody. My name is Ken Worthington, I'm the analyst following Coinbase from JPMorgan.
Tech stocks take a pause early Tuesday after the Nasdaq Composite reaches a record high in the previous session.
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Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) shares added more than 4% on Friday after the cryptocurrency exchange platform was upgraded to ‘Neutral' from ‘Underperform' by Bank of America analysts. The analysts also more than doubled their price target on the stock from $110 to $217 as they adopted a new valuation methodology on their belief Coinbase has “more durable earnings per share potential.
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CME Group, a Chicago-based trading firm, may launch spot Bitcoin trading, according to a report. That could hit one of Coinbase's sweet spots.