Jeff Roberts, senior reporter at Fortune and author of "King of Crypto: One Startup’s Quest to take Cryptocurrency Out of Silicon Valley and Onto Wall Street" talks about the news this week that Coinbase may go public later this year. We talk about:how Coinbase may offer an additional token offering in addition to a traditional listinghow the firm has been laying the legal groundwork for an innovative offeringCoinbase's new chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, who is a former federal judge who has ruled over the Google-Oracle and Apple-Samsung trials and who was the deputy general counsel at Facebookwhat a direct listing, as opposed to a traditional IPO, could mean for Coinbase's investorswhat a Coinbase IPO would generally mean for the crypto industrywhy Coinbase's $8 billion valuation would likely go up in an IPOhow the fact that overall interest in Bitcoin and crypto are down compared to the highs of 2017/2018 will affect a Coinbase listingThank you to our sponsors! Crypto.com: https://www.crypto.comNexo: https://nexo.ioTezos: https://tquorum.com/Episode links:  Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffjohnrobertsKings of Crypto audiobook: https://www.amazon.com/Kings-of-Crypto/dp/B085PY7S7HKings of Crypto print book: https://www.amazon.com/Kings-Crypto-Startups-Cryptocurrency-Silicon-ebook/dp/B085TRJY8XReuters story: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-coinbase-ipo-exclusive/exclusive-crypto-exchange-coinbase-readies-landmark-stock-market-listing-sources-say-idUSKBN24A21WUnconfirmed interview with Jeff Roberts about his book on Coinbase: https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-brilliant-asshole-who-almost-blew-up-coinbase/Coinbase’s recent legal hire: https://fortune.com/2020/07/08/coinbase-lawyer-paul-grewal-crypto-law/Bitcoin interest is down: https://www.theblockcrypto.com/genesis/70437/data-shows-that-mass-adoption-is-still-nowhere-to-be-found?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rssLinks from news recap:https://unchainedpodcast.com/the-most-pivotal-event-in-all-of-crypto/