Fintech & EM-focused Analyst, KT Capital Group

Alec Tseung

Alec is a partner in KT Capital Group and has acted as the interim CFO for a few Fintech and Web 3 companies.

He currently also serves the Research & Investments Partner at Re:base Ventures (rebase.vc), a Web3 and DeFi investment firm with a strong focus on building and incubation. 

Previously, he spent time with Tencent, where he was responsible for the group's investments in the overseas markets (Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Europe). 

Prior to Tencent, he was in the Principal Investments team at Swiss Re, where he focused on driving the group's investments into financial services and Fintech sectors in APAC. 

He has been responsible for a wide range of investments and transactions (venture/growth, buyout, direct secondaries, etc.) totaling >$5 billion. Alec started his career with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Fintech & EM-focused Analyst

KT Capital Group

Principal investments and advisory firm that focuses on connecting the CIS countries with East Asia.

Principal investments and advisory firm

Equity Bottom-Up

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<li>Coinbase reported its first net loss since listing, as warned by the management before, due to both declining trading/transaction revenue and a continued increase in operating expenses.</li>
<li>Besides the impairment charges, the increase in Q1'22 operating expenses was mainly because of the headcount growth as Coinbase plans to further expand its business offerings this year.</li>
<li>Coinbase's earnings for the year will unlikely improve as the company sticks to the plan to make 2022 an investment year regardless of the downturns in the broader crypto markets. </li>
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Coinbase reported its first net loss since listing, as warned by the management before, due to both declining trading/transaction revenue and a continued increase in operating expenses.
Besides the impairment charges, the increase in Q1'22 operating expenses was mainly because of the headcount growth as Coinbase plans to further expand its business offerings this year.
Coinbase's earnings for the year will unlikely improve as the company sticks to the plan to make 2022 an investment year regardless of the downturns in the broader crypto markets. 


Coinbase Q1’22: A Deeper Look Into the Operating Expenses

Coinbase Global

Coinbase Q1’22: A Deeper Look Into the Operating Expenses