Coinbase Plots Everything Exchange Launch in Canada
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- Coinbase Canada CEO Eric Richmond told BNN Bloomberg the company is bringing its "Everything Exchange" to Canada—a single platform combining crypto, stocks, ETFs, and prediction markets, with no hard launch date announced.
- Coinbase plans to roll out tokenized stocks with full dividend rights to non-US users, including Canadians, this month, per a previous official blog post cited in the article.
- Coinbase opened stock and ETF trading to eligible US users in February 2026 and launched prediction markets in January through Kalshi, a federally regulated operator now valued at $22 billion.
- Coinbase has cultivated Canadian regulator relationships since becoming the first international crypto exchange registered in Canada in April 2024, according to the article.
- Eric Richmond dismissed competition from Robinhood and traditional Canadian brokerages, arguing that 4 p.m. market closures and multi-day wire settlements leave room for all players: "Rising tide lifts all boats."
- The Bank of Canada is expected to finalize stablecoin implementing regulations in 2027—the last regulatory piece Coinbase needs before it can list a Canadian dollar stablecoin and fully activate the Everything Exchange in country.
Why it matters: If Coinbase lands its Everything Exchange in Canada, it becomes the first single-login home for crypto, equities, ETFs, and event-betting in a market where users currently juggle separate brokerages, crypto platforms, and prediction sites like Kalshi. The 2027 Bank of Canada stablecoin rules are the hard gate: until they land, the Canadian-dollar stablecoin piece of Richmond's "frictionless, 24/7" pitch can't fully activate.
