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| Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) | |||||
| Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) | |||||
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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| 99.1 | ||||||||
| 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL. | |||||||
| COINBASE GLOBAL, INC. | ||||||||
Dated: |
By: | /s/ Alesia J. Haas | ||||||
| Alesia J. Haas | ||||||||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||


METRIC |
Q4’25 OUTLOOK |
COMMENTARY |
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Subscription and Services Revenue |
$710-$790 million |
Driven by growth in USDC market
capitalization + Coinbase One
subscribers, offset by interest rate cuts
|
||||
Transaction Expenses |
Mid-Teens as a percentage of net revenue
|
Dependent on revenue mix |
||||
Technology & Development +
General & Administrative Expenses
|
$925-$975 million
Including ~$220 million in stock-based
compensation
|
Growth driven by costs related to Echo &
Deribit acquisitions + headcount
|
||||
Sales and Marketing Expenses |
$215-$315 million
Including ~$14 million in stock-based
compensation
|
Range driven by performance marketing
opportunities and USDC rewards
|
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Select Metrics |
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METRICS ($M) |
Q3’24 |
Q4’24 |
Q1’25 |
Q2’25 |
Q3’25 |
|||
Net Revenue |
1,129 |
2,197 |
1,960 |
1,420 |
1,793 |
|||
Net Income |
75 |
1,291 |
66 |
1,429 |
433 |
|||
Adjusted EBITDA |
449 |
1,289 |
930 |
512 |
801 |
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Q3’25 Coinbase Results vs. Outlook |
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METRIC |
COINBASE Q3 OUTLOOK (Aug 2025) |
Q3 ACTUALS |
||||||
Subscription and Services Revenue |
$665-$745 million |
$747 million |
||||||
Transaction Expenses
as a percentage of net revenue
|
Mid-Teens as a percentage of net revenue
Dependent on revenue mix
|
14% |
||||||
Technology and Development +
General and Administrative Expenses
including stock-based compensation
|
$810-$860 million *
Including $210 million in stock-based compensation
and $10 million (ex. amortization) from Deribit
|
$849 million
including $208 million in
stock-based compensation
|
||||||
Sales and Marketing Expenses
including stock-based compensation
|
$190-$290 million
Including ~$15 million in stock-based compensation
|
$260 million
including $14 million in
stock-based compensation
|
||||||
Total Revenue ($M) |
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TOTAL REVENUE |
Q3’24 |
Q4’24 |
Q1’25 |
Q2’25 |
Q3’25 |
||
Transaction Revenue |
|||||||
Consumer, net |
483.3 |
1,347.1 |
1,095.5 |
649.9 |
843.5 |
||
Institutional, net |
55.3 |
141.3 |
98.9 |
60.8 |
135.0 |
||
Other transaction revenue, net |
34.0 |
67.6 |
67.8 |
53.5 |
67.7 |
||
Total Transaction Revenue |
572.5 |
1,556.0 |
1,262.2 |
764.3 |
1,046.3 |
||
Subscription and Services Revenue |
|||||||
Stablecoin revenue |
246.9 |
225.9 |
297.5 |
332.5 |
354.7 |
||
Blockchain rewards |
154.8 |
214.9 |
196.6 |
144.5 |
184.6 |
||
Interest and finance fee income |
64.0 |
65.7 |
63.1 |
59.3 |
64.8 |
||
Other subscription and services revenue1
|
90.4 |
134.6 |
140.9 |
119.5 |
142.7 |
||
Total Subscription and Services Revenue |
556.1 |
641.1 |
698.1 |
655.8 |
746.7 |
||
Net Revenue |
1,128.6 |
2,197.0 |
1,960.3 |
1,420.1 |
1,793.0 |
||
Corporate interest and other income |
76.6 |
74.6 |
74.0 |
77.1 |
75.7 |
||
Total Revenue |
1,205.2 |
2,271.6 |
2,034.3 |
1,497.2 |
1,868.7 |
||
TRADING VOLUME ($B) |
Q3’24 |
Q4’24 |
Q1’25 |
Q2’25 |
Q3’25 |
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Consumer |
34 |
94 |
78 |
43 |
59 |
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Institutional |
151 |
345 |
315 |
194 |
236 |
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Total |
185 |
439 |
393 |
237 |
295 |
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TRADING VOLUME (% OF TOTAL)1
|
Q3’24 |
Q4’24 |
Q1’25 |
Q2’25 |
Q3’25 |
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Bitcoin |
37% |
27% |
27% |
30% |
24% |
||
Ethereum |
15% |
10% |
11% |
15% |
22% |
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XRP |
2% |
8% |
11% |
8% |
9% |
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USDT |
15% |
15% |
13% |
6% |
3% |
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Other crypto assets |
31% |
40% |
38% |
41% |
42% |
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Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
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TRANSACTION REVENUE (% OF TOTAL)2
|
Q3’24 |
Q4’24 |
Q1’25 |
Q2’25 |
Q3’25 |
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Bitcoin |
35% |
27% |
26% |
34% |
24% |
||
Ethereum |
16% |
10% |
10% |
12% |
17% |
||
Solana |
11% |
7% |
10% |
7% |
7% |
||
XRP |
6% |
14% |
18% |
13% |
14% |
||
Other crypto assets |
32% |
42% |
36% |
34% |
38% |
||
Total |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
100% |
||
USDC Balances & Revenue |
Q3’25 |
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Average Market Cap ($B) |
Coinbase Stablecoin
Revenue ($M)
|
|||
USDC in Coinbase Products |
15 |
159 |
||
Off-platform USDC |
53 |
196 |
||
Total |
68 |
355 |
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Operating Expenses ($M) |
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OPERATING EXPENSES |
Q3’24 |
Q4’24 |
Q1’25 |
Q2’25 |
Q3’25 |
||
Transaction expense |
171.8 |
317.0 |
303.0 |
245.3 |
253.3 |
||
% of net revenue |
15% |
14% |
15% |
17% |
14% |
||
Technology and development |
377.4 |
368.7 |
355.4 |
387.3 |
430.6 |
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Sales and marketing |
164.8 |
225.8 |
247.3 |
236.2 |
260.3 |
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General and administrative |
330.4 |
362.5 |
394.3 |
353.7 |
418.4 |
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Losses (gains) on crypto assets held for operations, net |
(0.1) |
(16.2) |
34.4 |
(8.7) |
(35.7) |
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Other operating expenses (income), net |
(8.6) |
(20.3) |
(5.9) |
308.0 |
61.3 |
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Total operating expenses |
1,035.7 |
1,237.6 |
1,328.5 |
1,521.9 |
1,388.2 |
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Full-time employees (end of quarter) |
3,672 |
3,772 |
3,959 |
4,279 |
4,795 |
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Total $USD Resources |
TOTAL: $11,893M
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MONEY MARKET FUNDS
$7,042M
|
CORPORATE CASH
$1,524M
|
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$3,216M
USDC*
|
$111M
CORPORATE CASH HELD
AT THIRD-PARTY VENUES
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*Net of USDC loaned or pledged as collateral. |
Note: Figures presented may not sum precisely due to rounding. |
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Coinbase Q4 2025 Outlook | ||||
METRIC |
OUTLOOK |
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Subscription and Services Revenue |
$710-$790 million |
|||
Transaction Expenses |
Mid-Teens as a percentage of net revenue
Dependent on revenue mix
|
|||
Technology & Development +
General & Administrative Expenses
|
$925-$975 million
Including ~$220 million in stock-based compensation
|
|||
Sales and Marketing Expenses |
$215-$315 million
Including ~$14 million in stock-based compensation
|
|||

September 30, |
December 31, |
||
2025 |
2024 |
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Assets |
|||
Current assets: |
|||
Cash and cash equivalents ..................................................................................................
|
$8,676,275 |
$8,543,903 |
|
Restricted cash and cash equivalents ................................................................................
|
78,867 |
38,519 |
|
USDC .......................................................................................................................................
|
3,696,441 |
1,241,808 |
|
Customer custodial funds .....................................................................................................
|
5,672,037 |
6,158,949 |
|
Crypto assets held for operations .......................................................................................
|
161,145 |
82,781 |
|
Loan receivables ....................................................................................................................
|
859,056 |
475,370 |
|
Crypto assets held as collateral ..........................................................................................
|
1,017,382 |
767,484 |
|
Crypto assets borrowed ........................................................................................................
|
346,008 |
261,052 |
|
Accounts receivable, net ......................................................................................................
|
308,423 |
265,251 |
|
Marketable investments ........................................................................................................
|
1,093,395 |
— |
|
Other current assets ..............................................................................................................
|
184,160 |
277,536 |
|
Total current assets ..........................................................................................................
|
22,093,189 |
18,112,653 |
|
Crypto assets held for investment ............................................................................................
|
2,597,277 |
1,552,995 |
|
Strategic investments .................................................................................................................
|
401,728 |
374,161 |
|
Deferred tax assets .....................................................................................................................
|
324,096 |
941,298 |
|
Goodwill ........................................................................................................................................
|
4,004,112 |
1,139,670 |
|
Intangible assets, net .................................................................................................................
|
1,417,823 |
46,804 |
|
Other non-current assets ...........................................................................................................
|
513,142 |
374,370 |
|
Total assets ..................................................................................................................
|
$31,351,367 |
$22,541,951 |
|
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity |
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Current liabilities: |
|||
Customer custodial fund liabilities .......................................................................................
|
$5,672,037 |
$6,158,949 |
|
Current portion of long-term debt ........................................................................................
|
1,268,081 |
— |
|
Crypto asset borrowings .......................................................................................................
|
386,823 |
300,110 |
|
Obligation to return collateral ...............................................................................................
|
1,026,945 |
792,125 |
|
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities .................................................................
|
835,468 |
690,136 |
|
Total current liabilities ......................................................................................................
|
9,189,354 |
7,941,320 |
|
Long-term debt ............................................................................................................................
|
5,933,447 |
4,234,081 |
|
Other non-current liabilities .......................................................................................................
|
205,342 |
89,708 |
|
Total liabilities ....................................................................................................................
|
15,328,143 |
12,265,109 |
|
Commitments and contingencies |
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Stockholders’ equity: |
|||
Preferred stock, $0.00001 par value; 500,000 shares authorized and zero shares
issued and outstanding at each of September 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024 .....
|
— |
— |
|
Class A and B common stock, $0.00001 par value; 10,500,000 (Class A
10,000,000, Class B 500,000) shares authorized at September 30, 2025 and
December 31, 2024; 268,736 (Class A 227,157, Class B 41,579) shares issued
and outstanding at September 30, 2025 and 253,640 (Class A 209,762, Class B
43,878) shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2024 ....................................
|
3 |
2 |
|
Additional paid-in capital .......................................................................................................
|
9,131,722 |
5,365,990 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ...........................................................
|
3,538 |
(50,051) |
|
Retained earnings .................................................................................................................
|
6,887,961 |
4,960,901 |
|
Total stockholders’ equity ................................................................................................
|
16,023,224 |
10,276,842 |
|
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity ...................................................................
|
$31,351,367 |
$22,541,951 |
Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
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Revenue: |
|||||||
Net revenue .....................................................
|
$1,792,984 |
$1,128,597 |
$5,173,399 |
$4,096,216 |
|||
Other revenue .................................................
|
75,709 |
76,596 |
226,797 |
196,175 |
|||
Total revenue .............................................
|
1,868,693 |
1,205,193 |
5,400,196 |
4,292,391 |
|||
Operating expenses: |
|||||||
Transaction expense ......................................
|
253,318 |
171,781 |
801,605 |
580,665 |
|||
Technology and development .......................
|
430,585 |
377,440 |
1,173,275 |
1,099,561 |
|||
Sales and marketing ......................................
|
260,272 |
164,770 |
743,800 |
428,617 |
|||
General and administrative ...........................
|
418,446 |
330,387 |
1,166,499 |
937,738 |
|||
Gains on crypto assets held for
operations, net ................................................
|
(35,740) |
(142) |
(10,077) |
(55,484) |
|||
Other operating expense (income), net ......
|
61,280 |
(8,556) |
363,406 |
28,203 |
|||
Total operating expenses .........................
|
1,388,161 |
1,035,680 |
4,238,508 |
3,019,300 |
|||
Operating income ......................................
|
480,532 |
169,513 |
1,161,688 |
1,273,091 |
|||
Interest expense ..................................................
|
21,774 |
20,530 |
62,820 |
60,108 |
|||
(Gains) losses on crypto assets held for
investment, net .....................................................
|
(423,903) |
120,507 |
(189,305) |
(210,902) |
|||
Other expense (income), net .............................
|
380,518 |
(40,105) |
(1,120,199) |
(21,883) |
|||
Income before income taxes ...................
|
502,143 |
68,581 |
2,408,372 |
1,445,768 |
|||
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes ........
|
69,591 |
(6,914) |
481,312 |
157,878 |
|||
Net income .................................................
|
$432,552 |
$75,495 |
$1,927,060 |
$1,287,890 |
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Net income attributable to common
stockholders:
|
|||||||
Basic .................................................................
|
$432,552 |
$75,455 |
$1,927,060 |
$1,287,106 |
|||
Diluted ..............................................................
|
$437,095 |
$75,459 |
$1,938,812 |
$1,296,949 |
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Net income per share: |
|||||||
Basic .................................................................
|
$1.65 |
$0.30 |
$7.49 |
$5.23 |
|||
Diluted ..............................................................
|
$1.50 |
$0.28 |
$6.85 |
$4.76 |
|||
Weighted-average shares of common stock
used to compute net income per share:
|
|||||||
Basic .................................................................
|
262,831 |
248,834 |
257,332 |
245,986 |
|||
Diluted ..............................................................
|
291,958 |
267,440 |
283,165 |
272,239 |
|||
Three Months Ended September 30, |
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
||||||
2025 |
2024 |
2025 |
2024 |
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Technology and development .........................
|
$127,253 |
$155,411 |
$352,585 |
$428,863 |
|||
Sales and marketing ........................................
|
13,921 |
18,720 |
43,359 |
52,034 |
|||
General and administrative .............................
|
80,895 |
74,285 |
213,014 |
209,957 |
|||
Total stock-based compensation expense .
|
$222,069 |
$248,416 |
$608,958 |
$690,854 |
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Nine Months Ended
September 30,
|
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2025 |
2024 |
||
Cash flows from operating activities |
|||
Net income ....................................................................................................................................
|
$1,927,060 |
$1,287,890 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash (used in) provided by operating
activities:
|
|||
Depreciation and amortization .................................................................................................
|
117,312 |
94,523 |
|
Stock-based compensation expense .....................................................................................
|
608,958 |
690,854 |
|
Deferred income taxes ..............................................................................................................
|
486,498 |
61,075 |
|
Gains on crypto assets held for operations, net ...................................................................
|
(10,077) |
(55,484) |
|
Gains on crypto assets held for investment, net ...................................................................
|
(189,305) |
(210,902) |
|
(Gains) losses on investments, net .........................................................................................
|
(1,075,198) |
15,141 |
|
Other operating activities, net ..................................................................................................
|
6,830 |
31,745 |
|
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities .....................................................................
|
(2,510,846) |
(322,616) |
|
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities ...................................................................
|
(638,768) |
1,592,226 |
|
Cash flows from investing activities |
|||
Fiat loans originated ..................................................................................................................
|
(1,246,352) |
(1,270,063) |
|
Proceeds from repayment of fiat loans ..................................................................................
|
819,455 |
1,075,000 |
|
Business combinations, net of cash acquired .......................................................................
|
(687,634) |
— |
|
Purchases of crypto assets held for investment ...................................................................
|
(679,931) |
(18,486) |
|
Dispositions of crypto assets held for investment ................................................................
|
226,371 |
52,586 |
|
Other investing activities, net ...................................................................................................
|
(84,292) |
(72,006) |
|
Net cash used in investing activities ............................................................................................
|
(1,652,383) |
(232,969) |
|
Cash flows from financing activities |
|||
Issuances of convertible senior notes, net ............................................................................
|
2,957,135 |
1,246,025 |
|
Purchases of capped calls .......................................................................................................
|
(224,250) |
(104,110) |
|
Customer custodial fund liabilities ...........................................................................................
|
(600,398) |
(550,776) |
|
Fiat received as collateral .........................................................................................................
|
499,417 |
525,699 |
|
Fiat received as collateral returned .........................................................................................
|
(514,494) |
(410,438) |
|
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards .............................................
|
(308,803) |
(117,225) |
|
Other financing activities, net ...................................................................................................
|
87,489 |
93,488 |
|
Net cash provided by financing activities ....................................................................................
|
1,896,096 |
682,663 |
|
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash
equivalents .......................................................................................................................................
|
(395,055) |
2,041,920 |
|
Effect of exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash
equivalents .......................................................................................................................................
|
89,868 |
19,664 |
|
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period ...
|
14,610,442 |
9,555,429 |
|
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents, end of period ..............
|
$14,305,255 |
$11,617,013 |
|
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|||
2025 |
2024 |
||
USDC ..............................................................................................................................
|
$(2,441,455) |
$(294,104) |
|
Income taxes, net ..........................................................................................................
|
(142,348) |
(19,341) |
|
Other current and non-current assets ........................................................................
|
(64,958) |
(40,826) |
|
Other current and non-current liabilities ....................................................................
|
137,915 |
31,655 |
|
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities .....................................................
|
$(2,510,846) |
$(322,616) |
|
September 30, |
|||
2025 |
2024 |
||
Cash and cash equivalents ..............................................................................................
|
$8,676,275 |
$7,723,806 |
|
Restricted cash and cash equivalents ...........................................................................
|
78,867 |
31,881 |
|
Customer custodial cash and cash equivalents ...........................................................
|
5,550,113 |
3,861,326 |
|
Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash and cash equivalents ..............
|
$14,305,255 |
$11,617,013 |
|
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|||
2025 |
2024 |
||
Non-cash consideration paid for business combinations ............................................
|
$3,573,092 |
$— |
|
Crypto assets borrowed ...................................................................................................
|
2,326,401 |
353,325 |
|
Crypto assets borrowed repaid .......................................................................................
|
2,238,233 |
176,990 |
|
Crypto assets received as collateral ..............................................................................
|
1,988,879 |
2,791,949 |
|
Crypto assets received as collateral returned ..............................................................
|
1,789,861 |
2,439,342 |
|
Crypto asset loan receivables originated ......................................................................
|
1,853,095 |
1,244,113 |
|
Crypto asset loan receivables repaid .............................................................................
|
1,899,592 |
1,230,544 |
|
Additions of crypto asset investments ............................................................................
|
176,645 |
5,981 |
|
Cumulative-effect adjustment due to the adoption of ASU No. 2023-08 ..................
|
— |
561,489 |
|
Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|||
2025 |
2024 |
||
Cash paid during the period for income taxes, net of refunds |
$147,999 |
$— |
|
Cash paid during the period for income taxes (prior to ASU No. 2023-09) |
— |
113,107 |
|
(in thousands) |
Q3’24 |
Q4’24 |
Q1’25 |
Q2’25 |
Q3’25 |
Net income .......................................................................
|
$75,495 |
$1,291,176 |
$65,608 |
$1,428,900 |
$432,552 |
Adjusted to exclude the following: |
|||||
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes ..............
|
(6,914) |
205,700 |
16,848 |
394,873 |
69,591 |
Interest expense .........................................................
|
20,530 |
20,537 |
20,511 |
20,535 |
21,774 |
Depreciation and amortization .................................
|
30,695 |
32,995 |
33,333 |
33,901 |
50,078 |
Stock-based compensation expense ......................
|
248,416 |
221,984 |
190,729 |
196,160 |
222,069 |
Data Theft Incident losses ........................................
|
— |
— |
— |
306,654 |
47,976 |
Losses (gains) on crypto assets held for
investment, net ...........................................................
|
120,507 |
(476,153) |
596,651 |
(362,053) |
(423,903) |
Other (income) expense, net(1) ................................
|
(40,105) |
(7,191) |
6,188 |
(1,506,905) |
380,518 |
Adjusted EBITDA ....................................................
|
$448,624 |
$1,289,048 |
$929,868 |
$512,065 |
$800,655 |
(in thousands, except per share amounts) |
Q3’24 |
Q4’24 |
Q1’25 |
Q2’25 |
Q3’25 |
Net income ...........................................................................
|
$75,495 |
$1,291,176 |
$65,608 |
$1,428,900 |
$432,552 |
Adjusted to exclude the following: |
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Losses (gains) on crypto assets held for
investment, net ..............................................................
|
120,507 |
(476,153) |
596,651 |
(362,053) |
(423,903) |
Losses (gains) on investments, net ............................
|
478 |
(3,587) |
(3,327) |
(1,472,121) |
400,250 |
Tax effect of non-GAAP net income adjustments .....
|
(28,674) |
119,852 |
(134,821) |
438,482 |
11,845 |
Adjusted Net Income ...............................................
|
$167,806 |
$931,288 |
$524,111 |
$33,208 |
$420,744 |
Revised definition newly adjusts for: |
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(Losses) gains on investments, net ............................
|
$(478) |
$3,587 |
$3,327 |
$1,472,121 |
$(400,250) |
Tax effect of non-GAAP net income adjustments
related to investments ..................................................
|
116 |
(854) |
(812) |
(359,639) |
97,812 |
Adjusted Net Income, previous definition .............
|
$167,444 |
$934,021 |
$526,626 |
$1,145,690 |
$118,306 |
Weighted-average shares outstanding used in per
share calculations below:
|
|||||
Basic ....................................................................................
|
248,834 |
251,506 |
253,878 |
255,188 |
262,831 |
Diluted ..................................................................................
|
267,440 |
276,752 |
271,251 |
278,913 |
291,958 |
Net income per share(1):
|
|||||
Basic .....................................................................................
|
$0.30 |
$5.13 |
$0.26 |
$5.60 |
$1.65 |
Diluted ..................................................................................
|
$0.28 |
$4.68 |
$0.24 |
$5.14 |
$1.50 |
Adjusted Net Income per Share: |
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Basic .....................................................................................
|
$0.67 |
$3.70 |
$2.06 |
$0.13 |
$1.60 |
Diluted ..................................................................................
|
$0.63 |
$3.37 |
$1.93 |
$0.12 |
$1.44 |