Work at Coinbase vs Buy BTC

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bigfang
Nov 11, 2017 8 Comments

Do you think the following two options have the same financial risk/reward?

1. Work at coinbase for equity
2. Work at FANG and convert all your RSUs to bitcoin

Which would have a better potential payout?

I’m assuming that for coinbase to takeoff, bitcoin would be to keep growing. If bitcoin dies, coinbase probably wouldn’t be worth much anyways.

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    Secretbox

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    Secretbox
    Coinbase profits from the volume of trades of crypto coins, not the price of them. Just like a stock exchange. They don’t lose money even bitcoin price crashes. They only lose when no one wants to trade bitcoins anymore.
    Nov 11, 2017 2
  • 2
    Nov 11, 2017 0
  • or you can work at Coinbase and let them pay you using BTC, and they can
    Nov 11, 2017 1
  • Or you could be more sensible with your investments.
    Nov 12, 2017 0
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    Hstgd

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    Hstgd
    2 is my vote if you want to focus on financial upside. Even if Bitcoin goes up, it does not mean Coinbase will succeed financially. There is a lot of competition from exchanges. Look at the last 3 years. Compare how much Coinbase increased in valuation to how much bitcoin increased. Which was a better investment?
    Nov 11, 2017 0