Coinbase Global vs Robinhood Markets?
- R. Christopher Whalen
- 1 minute ago
- 5 min read
May 20, 2025 | Premium Service | Last week we took a look at the results for Robinhood Markets (HOOD), and asked whether the torrid rate of increase in options trading and crypto currencies is sustainable. After all, what is a crypto token but an option to find a greater fool? Actually, in the current market environment, options and stop loss orders are some of the most effective tools for managing risk. Don’t forget, the next conference call for our premium subscribers is this Friday. Please send any questions to info@rcwhalen.com.
Below we take a look at the results for Coinbase Global (COIN) for the edification of our Premium Service readers. The COIN service provides customers with multiple ways to participate in crypto trading. The $67 billion stock trades at 35x EBITDA, but has underperformed the 2024 surge in token volumes as shown by stocks like HOOD. The latter is considerably more volatile than COIN up and down.
In fact, HOOD common languished for several years since inception during COVID, but then raced past COIN carried by a wave of carefully orchestrated hype. After all, HOOD is just a broker dealer than profits by facilitating raw speculation by and among its clients. Like the 1985 Dire Straights song goes, money for nothing, chicks for free.
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