Coinbase stock pops after BlackRock announcement, temporarily halts due to volatility
Quick Take
- Coinbase stock was trading at $98.46 shortly after the open on Thursday.
- The stock was temporarily halted for volatility after jumping 35%.
Coinbase shares briefly hurtled past $100 on Thursday morning following an announcement that the firm will partner with BlackRock to offer institutional clients access to crypto.
Shares in the company were trading around $99 at the time of writing, after closing at $80.81 on Wednesday. Trading in COIN was halted shortly after the open having jumped as high as 35% minutes.
The price of COIN shares dropped back below $100 after trading resumed, trading up about 20% at $99
Matt Weller, global head of market research at forex.com, told The Block that investors are enthused by Coinbase’s partnership with BlackRock and its integration into the widely-used Aladdin platform.
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Coinbase is set to work with BlackRock — the world's largest asset manager — to offer its institutional clients access to crypto. Clients using the asset manager's portfolio management software will soon be able to get direct access to crypto through the partnership. Clients of both companies will initially be able to trade bitcoin.
"After years of hype, today’s announcement offers a ray of hope that institutional money actually *is* coming to crypto, and after today’s announcement, Coinbase is poised to be a beneficiary of that trend," he said.
Coinbase will announce its second quarter earnings next week on August 9.
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