Coinbase to debut prediction markets, tokenized stocks on Dec. 17: Report

Coinbase, the largest US crypto exchange by trading volume, is days away from officially unveiling its push into prediction markets and tokenized stocks, according to Bloomberg.

Coinbase plans to announce that next week it will launch prediction markets and tokenized equities, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the matter.

The exchange will hold a Dec. 17 livestream to showcase new products, though the report says it hasn’t disclosed whether prediction markets and tokenized stocks will be among them.

The news comes nearly a month after tech researcher Jane Manchun Wong reported that Coinbase was preparing landing pages for tokenized equities and Kalshi-provided prediction markets. However, the company has yet to officially release the products.

Coinbase enters a prediction market coalition with Kalshi

Bloomberg’s report came on the same day Coinbase became a member of the Coalition for Prediction Markets (CPM), a group of prediction market operators announced by Kalshi and Crypto.com.

“At Coinbase, our mission is to deliver financial freedom to the world — and prediction markets by nature democratize fact finding and the seeking of truth,” Coinbase’s chief policy officer Faryar Shizad said.

He also underscored the CPM’s ambition to engage with policymakers to ensure continued access to these markets for people in the US.