Positive sentiment around Ethereum and the Merge could mark a return of retail investors to the crypto market. As a result, Coinbase will have a new opportunity to build its retail investor base, especially amongst investors looking to buy and stake Ethereum.

Even amid the cryptomania in 2021, plenty of critics were warning about a crypto trap. This year's crash in the cryptocurrency market has confirmed those concerns and cooled the ardor -- not to mention the bank accounts -- of retail investors in the space.

Ethereum’s long-awaited migration to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism, which has been pushed back time and time again, looks set to occur sometime in August — hopefully. Preston Van Loon, a core developer of the Ethereum network, told ...