Coinbase CFO on crypto investors, dogecoin and growing competition

Coinbase CFO on crypto investors, dogecoin and growing competition

Issued its first quarterly report as a public company on Thursday, showing a surge in business with growing public interest around investing in digital coins. Despite raging speculation around cryptocurrency and a bountiful number of offerings, the asset class is a volatile one. After coming public more than a month ago, shares of the Coinbase crypto exchange are down 38% from their mid-April peak alongside the price of . In a wide-ranging interview after the close with Jim Cramer on " ," Coinbase Chief Financial Officer Alesia Haas spoke about a number of major topics related to digital currency. "Typically, the first coin that people are interested in is bitcoin," she said. "The other crypto assets on the platform are seeing an increasing volume in trading assets on our platform, and so we think over time more and more users are getting engaged with more and more crypto assets and that's what we're excited to see." "We've leaned into regulations since we were founded," said Haas, highlighting that the company believes regulations will bring trust to the market. "We like partnering with regulators. We want there to be a level playing field and we embrace regulation. We think it's a