Coinbase Wins UK License for Equities and Derivatives Trading

Coinbase has secured a UK license to offer equities and derivatives, expanding its product suite beyond spot crypto trading. The approval from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) gives institutional and advanced traders access to crypto, equity, and commodity perpetual futures through Coinbase's UK platform.

Retail users will also be able to trade equities on Coinbase for the first time, marking a broader move into traditional financial products. This is in addition to Coinbase's existing UK e-money license and crypto registration.

The authorization strengthens Coinbase's attempt to build an 'everything exchange,' a single platform combining stablecoin payments, savings, borrowing, crypto trading, derivatives, equities, and eventually tokenized real-world assets.