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by itsoktocry 1490 days ago
>If anything, it's more important than ever to hire top people - which requires a decent salary.

These are not "top people", they are average people. This isn't Lake Wobegon, where all the kids are above average.

>So what? Last year COIN made $3.62B earnings.

Only in Silicon Valley do people say "so what" to profits and quote revenue numbers. We're literally talking about high costs. Selling dimes for a nickel is simple, but not sustainable.
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matwood 1490 days ago
Not revenue. In 2021 COIN earned 3.62B profit on 7.84B revenue. People are acting like COIN is one of these companies that has never made money. Last year they had a $14.50 EPS.

2021 Fiscal Year https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/COIN/key-statistics?p=COIN

Of course past results are not indicative of the future, but in 2020 and 2021 COIN had positive earnings.

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phonon 1490 days ago
They actually made that in profits last year.

https://d18rn0p25nwr6d.cloudfront.net/CIK-0001679788/8e5e050...

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