The analyst cited three reasons for the downgrade, including lower trading expected from retail traders after the debacle.
Bank of America says the collapse of FTX is clouding the outlook for Coinbase . Analyst Jason Kupferberg downgraded shares of Coinbase to neutral from buy, citing "contagion risk" for the cryptocurrency exchange platform, even if it is not "another FTX." "We think Coinbase likely faces a number of new headwinds over the near/medium-term due to the recent collapse of rival crypto exchange FTX," Kupferberg wrote in a Friday note.
"With a large competitor eliminated, and with COIN reiterating its focus on regulatory compliance and the safety of customer assets, we think COIN may be able to gain market share over the long-term. However, diminished confidence in the crypto ecosystem is likely to dampen overall trading activity," read the note. Second, while traders were expecting some regulatory clarity around cryptocurrencies next year, that clarity may have been pushed back for now, the analyst said.
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