Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong supports tokenizing the company’s stock, saying he wants more people to own it
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted on X on November 6 that, as the CEO of a public company, he supports tokenizing the company’s stock for a simple reason: he wants more people to own it.
Armstrong said that why alienate a potential new class of shareholders is just bad business, and that companies should meet customers where they are. He has previously said many times that tokenized stocks should be fully collateralized 1:1 as real securities, redeemable for the corresponding shares, and integrated with dividends and voting rights.
Coinbase has launched tokenized U.S. stock products, providing global investors with access to the U.S. stock market. Armstrong has said that about 4 billion people around the world cannot access U.S. investments through traditional brokerage accounts.
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Title: As a public company CEO, I'm pro tokenization of our stock... Publisher: Brian Armstrong (@brian_armstrong) Publication date: 2026-11-06 URL: https://x.com/brian_armstrong/status/2118814157847908526 Nature of source: social media original post Verification status: confirmed by reading the original post for this report, verification date 2026-11-06 Supporting content: supports all core quotes and statements of position in the main text
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On November 6, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong posted in support of tokenizing the company’s stock, saying he wants more people to own it, and arguing that alienating potential new shareholders is just bad business. He emphasized that companies should meet customers where they are.
On the capital and product side, Armstrong previously said Coinbase’s tokenized stocks are 1:1 fully collateralized real securities, redeemable for the corresponding shares, and integrated with dividends, with voting rights to be launched soon. The company has already launched tokenized U.S. stocks for non-U.S. investors, covering NVIDIA, Meta, Apple and Alphabet, among others. Armstrong has said that about 4 billion people worldwide cannot access U.S. investments through traditional brokerage accounts, and tokenization can expand access.
Compared with the cautious stance some traditional market participants take toward tokenized stocks, Armstrong clearly supports and is pushing for their implementation. The common ground is that both focus on the shareholder base and market access; the key difference is that he views tokenization as an opportunity to expand the shareholder class, rather than to dilute or alienate existing shareholders. Coinbase positions itself as an “everything exchange,” and tokenized stocks are one part of that.
For Coinbase, supporting tokenization of its own stock could broaden the potential shareholder base and align with its tokenization business. For investors, if realized, it could offer the convenience of 24/7 trading and on-chain transfers, but it would still be subject to regulatory and redemption conditions. For the market, the statement reinforces public-company CEOs’ support for tokenized stocks as a tool to expand the shareholder base.
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Armstrong said he supports tokenizing the company’s stock because he wants more people to own it.
He said alienating potential new shareholders is just bad business, and that companies should meet customers where they are.
Coinbase’s tokenized stocks are positioned as 1:1 collateralized real securities that are redeemable and integrated with dividends.