1. No, because if a company announced that the SEC had given them go-ahead to go public “for the lulz”, that company would then be in deep shit with investors and the SEC for the rest of time.

2. No, because that wouldn’t even be a funny joke.

3. No, because we are done with April Fools, the internet drove that into the ground looooong ago.

> is this April fools?

No. Why would it be? Coinbase has been preparing to go public for some time now.