Alesia Haas on 2026 Expense Outlook
From $COIN Coinbase Q1 2026 Earnings Conference Call · · EARNMOAR
“We expect 2026 adjusted expenses to be between 4.3 and 4.6 billion dollars. This is roughly 500 million dollars lower than our Q4 2025 annualized exit rate at the midpoint. And I also want to point out that absent any growth in USDC rewards, we would expect 2026 expenses to be flat to 2025.”
On , Alesia Haas, Chief Financial Officer at Coinbase Global, spoke about 2026 Expense Outlook during $COIN Coinbase Q1 2026 Earnings Conference Call on EARNMOAR.
About Alesia Haas
During Coinbase's Q1 2026 earnings call on May 6, 2026, CFO Alesia Haas stated that the company is "transitioning to be an AI native company," citing an 80% year-over-year increase in pull requests per engineer as evidence of rising product velocity. Haas reported total operating expenses of $1.4 billion, down 5% quarter-over-quarter, with G&A declining 17% due to reductions in deal-related legal costs, customer support, and policy expenses. She also noted that Coinbase intends to retire its $1.3 billion 2026 convertible notes due June 1, unless the notes reach the defined conversion price. Haas discussed the potential impact of the Clarity Act, which she said would create opportunities for tokenization and provide clarity on commodity versus security classifications, exchanges, and custodians. She compared its passage to the Genius Act for stablecoins, which she said led to hundreds of large U.S. companies announcing stablecoin integrations. Haas expressed optimism that post-clarity legislation would unlock institutional capital and encourage companies to integrate crypto, with Coinbase positioned to provide services via its developer platform. She also highlighted the potential for stablecoin-based payments and AI agent commerce, referencing the launch of agentic.market as a collection of AI-enabled services.