Exclusive | Crypto Knocks on the Door of a Banking World That Shut It Out
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Apr 21 2025
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Source: WSJ
Crypto's Integration with Banking: Following a regulatory crackdown on crypto after the FTX collapse, traditional finance had distanced itself from the industry, but recent political support is fostering deeper ties between crypto and banking.
Political Influence on Crypto: President Trump's commitment to establishing America as a "bitcoin superpower" is influencing the relationship between cryptocurrency and the banking sector, potentially leading to increased integration.
Analyst Views on COIN
Wall Street analysts forecast COIN stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for COIN is 361.63 USD with a low forecast of 230.00 USD and a high forecast of 440.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
25 Analyst Rating
17 Buy
7 Hold
1 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 223.140
Low
230.00
Averages
361.63
High
440.00
Current: 223.140
Low
230.00
Averages
361.63
High
440.00
About COIN
Coinbase Global, Inc. is a holding company of Coinbase, Inc. and other subsidiaries. The Company provides a platform that serves as a compliant on-ramp to the onchain economy and enables users to engage in a variety of activities with their crypto assets in both proprietary and third-party product experiences enabled by access to decentralized applications. It offers consumers their primary financial account for the cryptoeconomy; institutions a full-service prime brokerage platform with access to deep pools of liquidity across the crypto marketplace, and developers a suite of products granting access to build onchain. Its platform helps people and institutions to engage with crypto assets, including trading, staking, safekeeping, spending, and global transfers. It offers products and services to various customer groups: individuals, businesses, institutions, and developers. Its transaction products consist of consumer trading, prime Trading, markets, base protocol and Coinbase wallet.
About the author

Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.








