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Brian Armstrong Cheers Citi Partnership, Says Coinbase 'Has Come a Long Way'
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Fusion42 · 6 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong celebrated a partnership with Citigroup to enable stablecoin payments for large institutional clients, marking significant progress since Coinbase's early struggles to establish bank relationships. The partnership allows Citi's clients to accept stablecoin payments and Coinbase customers to use Citi's banking services while converting cash to stablecoins.
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You can now build services around stablecoins with major US banks like Citi openly partnering with Coinbase, opening doors for institutional clients to use crypto payments securely with traditional finance backing. This is a clear signal that bank cooperation for crypto startups has shifted from unlikely to mainstream, so push for similar partnerships this week.
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