Stocks stumble to start the week

Good Afternoon! 

Hey, everyone. It's Adam from Elite Trade Club. 

Here’s what moved the market today.

Markets 📈

Stocks turned south on Monday following their lackluster performance on Friday. The small-cap Russell 2K was the lone winner among U.S. benchmarks.

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Market-Moving News 🔎 

🎉 Profit Party: Coinbase Breaks the Losing Streak

Guess who's back, back again? Coinbase [COIN +16.8%] is back, tell a friend! After a two-year hiatus from the green zone, Coinbase Global has flipped the script, turning a dazzling profit in the crypto casino.

Thanks to a bullish crypto market and some savvy interest income plays, Coinbase is popping champagne with a fourth-quarter profit of $273 million, or a slick $1.04 a share.

That's a heroic leap from last year's $557 million faceplant. Over 2023, Coinbase pocketed a cool $95 million in net profit from a whopping $3.1 billion revenue pot.

💹 To the Moon!
Post-market trading saw Coinbase shares doing the moonwalk, jumping 12% to $185. Sure, it's not quite the $381 debutante ball of 2021, but hey, progress is progress, right? The trading volume ticked up to $154 billion in Q4, showing that the crypto appetite is alive and kicking, folks.

💰 Diversify or Bust
Once almost exclusively a transaction fee junkie, Coinbase is evolving. It's diving deep into custody services, interest-earning assets, and the oh-so-lucrative world of staking. Q4 brought in $375 million from subscriptions and services, a nice jump from the previous year's $283 million.

🪙 Stablecoin Shine
The cherry on top? Stablecoin revenue, baby. It spiked to $172 million, thanks to a sweet deal with Circle's USD Coin, turning those reserves into a golden goose.

📈 Beating the Odds
Coinbase didn't just beat expectations; it left them in the dust with a 51% revenue rocket to $954 million, cruising past the $826 million guesswork. Transaction revenue also got a boost, hitting $529 million thanks to the ever-spinning trading volume wheel.

So, what's the moral of the story? Never count out a comeback, especially in the wild west of crypto. Coinbase is back in the saddle, y'all, and it's riding high!

Microcloud Hologram [HOLO] $12.00 (81.5%)
just WILL NOT go away! The tug-of-war between bulls & bears entered its second week today, and the bulls had the upper hand.

Soundhound AI [SOUN] $5.75 (+46.6%)
rallied as positive sentiment stemming from last week’s upbeat NVIDIA [NVDA +0.3%] earnings report continued to boost AI stocks.

Krystal Biotech [KRYS] $157.00 (+41.0%)
swung to a surprise profit and posted stronger than expected earnings and revenues on its Q4 earnings report in today’s premarket.

Intuitive Machines [LUNR] $6.27 (34.6%)
corrected after seeing big gains last week following its successful landing of a lunar rover on the surface of the Moon.

InfoBird [IFBD] $2.76 (26.9%)
pushed back the effectiveness of a previously-announced 1-for-8 reverse stock split scheduled for today to March 4th

Bone Biologics [BBLG] $2.70 (25.0%)
filed an S1 registration statement after Friday’s close for the direct offering of roughly 1.28 million common shares & warrants.

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— Adam G.
Elite Trade Club

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