Tesla Tapped Coinbase for $1.5B Bitcoin Buy: Report

Coinbase is emerging as a major player in corporate America's march toward bitcoin.

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Coinbase's institutional trading wing handled electric car-maker Tesla's $1.5 billion bitcoin investment earlier this month, according to The Block.

The report illustrates Coinbase's growing role as corporate America marches deeper into crypto. Coinbase handled MicroStrategy's early allocations; The Block reported it has five Fortune 500 firms as clients.

CoinDesk could not independently confirm the report at press time Wednesday. Coinbase declined to comment.

Read more: Coinbase Brokered MicroStrategy’s $425M Bitcoin Purchase, Exchange Says

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Diversified RWA stablecoins sustain 5-7% yield from real credit as crypto funding compresses to ~4%. GENIUS pushes yield off-chain; TAM grows to $4B in 3 years.