Coinbase CEO Confident Stablecoin Payments Will Fuel Growth

# Coinbase CEO Confident Stablecoin Payments Will Fuel Growth

> Evidence tier: B1
> Evidence type: Payments-trade report of a Bloomberg Television interview with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
> Source: [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2026/coinbase-ceo-confident-stablecoin-payments-will-fuel-growth)
> Published: 2026-09-10
> Captured: 2026-09-10T12:45:12.762Z

## Source summary

PYMNTS reports that Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told Bloomberg Television the roughly USD 300 billion stablecoin market could grow tenfold by 2030 and that Coinbase is working with banks, fintechs and other businesses to move more payment activity onto stablecoins. The report says Coinbase receives a little over half of USDC's economics and cites Bloomberg Intelligence estimates that stablecoins generated about 24% of Coinbase's second-quarter revenue, up from 22% in the prior quarter.

## Why it matters

The comments quantify how important stablecoin balances and payments have become to Coinbase's revenue mix, but they do not announce a new corridor or completed deployment. The tenfold market-growth figure is Armstrong's forecast, and the revenue shares are third-party estimates rather than Coinbase segment disclosures. The report provides no new customer count, payment volume, pricing, settlement-time result or independently measured cross-border outcome.

## Key numbers

- **Stablecoin market size cited by Armstrong:** about USD 300 billion
- **Armstrong's stablecoin-market forecast:** 10x by 2030 (forecast)
- **Estimated share of Coinbase Q2 revenue from stablecoins:** 24%, from 22% (Bloomberg Intelligence estimate)

## Topics and entities

- Industry lane: Web3 & stablecoin payments
- Entities: Coinbase / Circle
- Web3 payments
- Cross-border payments

## Evidence and credibility note

Readable PYMNTS report of a Bloomberg Television interview. Direct executive statements, forecasts and Bloomberg Intelligence estimates are clearly separated; no new deployment or independently measured payment result is claimed.

Date evidence: PYMNTS article metadata timestamp 2026-09-10T10:52:55Z

## First-party corroboration

No directly corresponding A1 company announcement is currently linked.

## Original-source traceback

[Open the original PYMNTS report](https://www.pymnts.com/cryptocurrency/2026/coinbase-ceo-confident-stablecoin-payments-will-fuel-growth)

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