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coinbase is just an exchange, or a way to buy/sell crypto. once you own crypto, you no longer need to use coinbase. coinbase never advertised itself of being decentralized

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I am well aware of that, the emphasis here is the prevalence of coinbase in an ecosystem that is supposed to be decentralized

and my point is you need something to onboard people from fiat to crypto. it doesn't happen in a vacuum

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