{"id":17277,"date":"2025-12-04T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/is-coinbase-stock-at-risk-ahead-of-schwab-crypto-trading-launch\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T16:33:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T16:33:03","slug":"is-coinbase-stock-at-risk-ahead-of-schwab-crypto-trading-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/is-coinbase-stock-at-risk-ahead-of-schwab-crypto-trading-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Coinbase stock at risk ahead of Schwab crypto trading launch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p>Coinbase stock wavered today, Dec. 4, as the recent recovery waned and as concerns about competition in the U.S. rose.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_24804a45e95b411fb67dca21c1fac545\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Coinbase stock price could be at risk as competition in the United States rise.<\/li>\n<li>Charles Schwab plans to launch its crypto trading services in January next year.<\/li>\n<li>Technical analysis suggests that the COIN stock price will reverse and hit the support at $200.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>COIN was trading at $186, down by 1.3% from its closing price on Wednesday. It remains down by ~40% below its highest level in July this year.<\/p>\n<p>A key risk for Coinbase is that more American companies are starting to launch crypto trading services, a move that will make it more competitive.<\/p>\n<p>SoFi, a company with over 12 million customers, recently relaunched its crypto services, a move that allows its customers to consolidate their trading in one platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And this week, Charles Schwab, a company with over 38 million active brokerage accounts and nearly $12 trillion in assets, will also start offering these services in January. It will initially start with Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) and then expand to other coins over time.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We knew this was coming, big q tho: What is the fee? Schwab has free ETF and stock trading. If crypto also free, look out <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24COIN&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$COIN<\/a>. Hell, anything under 50bps is big threat to crypto exchanges IMO. On flip, ETFs are already free to trade and have 1-2bp spread so pretty much imposs\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FVR79Wx0mH\">https:\/\/t.co\/FVR79Wx0mH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Balchunas (@EricBalchunas) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1996290251090788700?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">December 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Additionally, other crypto companies like OKX and Binance are working to relaunch their services in the US, where the industry is seeing encouraging regulatory progress in Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n<p>All this is happening as analysts expect Coinbase\u2019s growth will slow down. The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/COIN\/analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">average estimate<\/a> among analysts is that its fourth quarter revenue will come in at $1.96 billion\u00a0 down by 13.5% from what it made last year. It is expected to make $2.03 billion in the first quarter, down by 0.31% from the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>Most importantly, analysts expect that Coinbase\u2019s earnings per share will drop to $8.08 this year from $9.49 in 2024, followed by $6.85 in 2026. Its profits may get worse if it is forced to cut its fees to deal with the rising competition.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coinbase stock price technical analysis\u00a0<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">COIN shares chart | Source: TradingView<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The daily timeframe chart shows that the COIN stock price has pulled back from the October high of $400 to the current $277.<\/p>\n<p>Coinbase stock remains below 50% Fibonacci Retracement level. It has also dropped below the important support level at $290, its lowest swings in August and September this year.<\/p>\n<p>It is also about to form a death cross pattern as the spread between the 50 and 200-day Exponential Moving Averages narrows. A death cross is a common bearish reversal sign.<\/p>\n<p>There are signs that the stock wants to retest the key resistance level at $290, which will confirm a break-and-retest pattern, a common continuation sign. If this happens, there is a risk that the COIN stock price will drop to $200.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coinbase stock wavered today, Dec. 4, as the recent recovery waned and as concerns about competition in the U.S. rose. 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