Coinbase CEO says bitcoin likely bottomed at $60K, unveils SEC-registered AI investment adviser

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Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong said on Yahoo Finance's Power Players podcast that bitcoin has likely bottomed around $60,000, while the company announced its most ambitious product expansion yet, including one of the world's first SEC-registered AI investment advisers. The new Coinbase Advisor can issue explicit buy and sell recommendations, analyze portfolio history, and execute trades around the clock. The platform is evolving from a crypto exchange into a unified service combining crypto, traditional stocks and ETFs, prediction markets, perpetual futures, tokenized assets, and payments. Armstrong also addressed his public feud with JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon over the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, saying his door is open for a meeting but that the Senate has already brokered a compromise and the bill could reach the president's desk in the next few months.

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