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Coinbase Secures U.K. Approval to Offer Equities and Derivatives
Nasdaq-listed Coinbase received regulatory authorization to provide equities and derivatives trading to U.K. customers alongside its crypto services. The license expands access for institutional traders to perpetual futures and for retail users to equities.
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Coinbase secured U.K. authorization to offer traditional investment services including derivatives and equities. The license allows institutional traders to access perpetual futures and gives U.K. retail customers the ability to trade equities.
Nasdaq-listed Coinbase received the approval to offer equities and derivatives alongside crypto. Retail customers in the U.K.
Will be able to trade equities on Coinbase for the first time. The authorization sits alongside Coinbase’s U.K. e-money license and crypto registration. The company received FCA cryptoasset registration in February 2025.
U.S. users already have access to stock and exchange-traded fund trading. Eligible non-U.S. customers can trade USDC-settled stock perpetual futures on large-cap names including Apple, Microsoft and Tesla.
Coinbase plans to offer tokenized stocks backed one-for-one by U.S. equities to eligible non-U.S. users. ’s full crypto framework is expected to take effect in October 2027. CoinDesk reached out to Coinbase but had not heard back at the time of writing on July 7, 2026.
