Coinbase CEO Predicts 100x Crypto Boom as Institutional Floodgates Open

Brian Armstrong doubles down on crypto’s trillion-dollar future—just as Wall Street finally dusts off its blockchain PowerPoint decks.

The institutional domino effect

With BlackRock’s ETF approval and banks quietly building custody solutions, the ’crypto is dead’ narrative now looks deader than 2022’s LUNA charts.

The cynical footnote

Of course, this 100x forecast assumes regulators won’t do what they do best—arrive late to the party then trip over the power cord.

Logan B. Praises Coinbase’s Role in Shaping the Industry

The conversation started after Logan B posted a detailed thread recognizing Coinbase’s pivotal role over the past four years, particularly on the legal and policy front. Logan highlighted how Coinbase — unlike many other major players — maintained regulatory compliance, avoided scandals, and worked to build trust among institutions and the public.

Logan credited Coinbase with standing firm against the regulatory pressure from former SEC Chairman Gary Gensler’s administration. Rather than exploiting the “grey area” that existed after many competitors fell, Coinbase chose a harder path: lobbying in Washington, educating voters, and fighting for the industry’s future.

“Rather than exist and thrive in this precarious but comparatively uncompetitive last-man-standing grey area created by Gensler’s SEC,” Logan wrote, “they spearheaded a massive outreach effort to D.C., a massive education campaign to voters, and vigorously punched back at the consistently overreaching SEC.”

Logan also noted that while Coinbase’s efforts helped usher in a friendlier regulatory environment and are setting the stage for the industry’s next phase of growth, it will likely result in more competition for Coinbase itself.

He concluded by emphasizing how fortunate the industry is that it was Coinbase—led by Brian Armstrong—and not failed players like FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried or Ripple’s executives, that represented crypto at a critical time.

“Regardless of your thoughts on CB, Base, content coins, UX, etc., thank your lucky stars it was Coinbase and Brian Armstrong, not FTX and SBF or the Ripple guys who were faced with this choice,” Logan wrote.

Armstrong’s comments reflect a broader philosophy: growing the entire ecosystem is more important than preserving any single company’s market share. With regulatory clarity improving and institutional players increasingly engaging with crypto, the industry is poised for significant expansion.

Coinbase, which has weathered major regulatory storms and emerged stronger, now appears ready to embrace a much more competitive, but also much larger, global crypto economy.

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