Coinbase has been setting its sights on growth outside the U.S., but declined to comment directly on a report from Bloomberg saying it’s already talking to international clients about those plans.

Instead, a Coinbase spokesperson told Decrypt in an email that the company is accelerating work on its “Go Broad, Go Deep” strategy, revealed earlier this month, which includes growing its presence on every continent except for Antarctica.

“Our international expansion drive will focus on high-bar regulatory jurisdictions,” the spokesperson told Decrypt in an email. “We remain focused on offering our products in a safe, compliant way, with sound risk management at the core.”

As an example, the spokesperson referred to an announcement on Twitter earlier this week that Coinbase is offering free bank transfers and Singpass integration, a digital identity system used by 4.5 million residents, for customers in Singapore.

If Coinbase, currently the largest U.S.-based crypto exchange, does set up more overseas operations, it would more directly compete with the likes of Binance, which sees roughly 10 times more volume than Coinbase per day. The company, which saw $2.3 billion in volume in the past day, would also be in direct competition with a handful of similarly-sized rivals, like Seychelles-based OKX and Cayman Islands-based Gate.io.

Coinbase, which trades on the Nasdaq under the COIN ticker, went public in 2021. And even if they’re just rumors, investors seem to like the idea of the exchange focusing on international growth. Its shares were trading at $76.31 an hour before mar

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