reasons to hate $COIN - terrible terrible support - terrible product - lots of competition - unfocused L2 strategy - betting farm on EVM - extractive behavior (who charges fees for stablecoin conversions in an updated financial system, who takes enormous rake on staking yields) reasons to like $COIN - institutional trust - retail trust - regulatory advantage - crypto native DNA of founder (yes, they will have to revisit their Base strategy at some point) - incredible marketing victory is not given, and there are real risks their extractive behavior can undo the trust and goodwill in them not financial advice disclosure: I own $COIN