Coinbase inches higher ahead of earnings as Silvergate slips after downgrade

Coinbase climbed higher shortly after the open today, while Silvergate and other crypto-related stocks dipped.

Shares in the crypto exchange traded up by 1% to about $66 by 10:45 a.m. EST, according to Nasdaq data.

Coinbase is set to deliver earnings after the close today, with revenue expected to have fallen to $589 million, according to FactSet estimates.

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Coinbase also faces renewed regulatory scrutiny, with analysts expecting the topic to dominate the earnings call later today. U.S. regulators set their sights on crypto-staking services two weeks ago, and COIN tumbled 22%.

KBW analysts estimate 13.4% of the company’s net revenues for 2023 will come from staking, with a large majority driven by retail. With about 75% of retail staking revenues passed back to clients as staking rewards, “we model staking to only contribute 3.5% to COIN’s 2023 gross profits,” analysts at KBW, led by Kyle Voigt, said.

Elsewhere, Silvergate shares dipped by 5.6% after Moody’s said it downgraded the ratings of Silvergate Capital and its bank subsidiary Silvergate Bank. Silvergate Capital’s long-term issuer rating was cut to B3 from B1, and the outlook remains negative.

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MicroStrategy dropped 5.2%, and Jack Dorsey’s Block slipped 3.3% in the same period.

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