Coinbase was a first-mover that helped crypto rookies like yours truly dip our toes into the digital asset waters, and then used crypto-based reward payments for taking educational quizzes about various concepts. Thanks to its early entry and innovative customer loyalty programs, Coinbase now holds a dominant 42% share of the market for exchanging traditional currencies like the dollar against newfangled cryptocurrencies. Wall Street has shrugged off the deep-rooted growth trajectories of the video streaming, crypto-trading, and freelancing markets, instead nitpicking on temporary slowdowns during a global inflation crisis.