The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It is the largest stock exchange in the world by market capitalization, exceeding $25 trillion in July 2024. The NYSE is owned by Intercontinental Exchange, an American holding company that it also lists (ticker symbol ICE).

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) was founded in June 2012 with the sole purpose of facilitating the buying and selling of Bitcoin. But over the next 12 years, the digital asset brokerage and exchange operator has expanded into a broader business by offering more services.

After a disappointing 2022, shares have been on an absolute tear, soaring 697% in the past two years. As of this writing on Dec. 19, the company's market cap sits at $70 billion.

But can Coinbase continue its upward trajectory, increase 14-fold in value, and become the first trillion-dollar cryptocurrency stock by 2040?

Some Americans have increased their incomes by secretly working multiple remote jobs, and they're using the money to splurge or improve their financial futures.

In 2021, Robert was making roughly $180,000 a year from his tech job. When his workflow started to slow, he feared he could be laid off and found a job that paid $190,000 annually. He kept both remote roles, and in 2023, Robert earned more than $300,000 across the two.

Robert, a Gen Xer in Florida, said the extra income enabled him and his partner to take a roughly $20,000 cruise and spend another $10,000 on trips to Yellowstone, the Galápagos Islands, and Las Vegas, among other places.