Stablecoin-as-a-Service: How Coinbase Is Building the Future of Global Payments

Chart showing stablecoin market capitalization growth to over $310 billion in December 2025, highlighting USDC and global adoption trends

Executive Summary

  • Stablecoin-as-a-service is moving payments from experimentation to production.
  • Coinbase is productizing USDC payments for merchants and enterprises at scale.
  • Distribution, regulation, and reserve economics form Coinbase’s first-mover moat.
  • Revenue is driven by volume, on-platform balances, and reserve yield sharing.
  • Execution risks remain: liquidity shocks, banking exposure, and regulation.
  • Success would position Coinbase as core payments infrastructure, not a crypto exchange.

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