Coinbase is expandingits US retail offering by allowing eligible customers to request shares inselected initial public offerings before public trading begins.London's trading industry is coming home!The move comes ascrypto platforms expand into traditional markets. Kraken’s parent Paywardhas moved to give retail investors access to selected US IPOs, while Coinbasehas expanded into US stock trading for UK users and received FCAapproval to offer stocks and derivatives.Coinbase Launches IPO Access with OuraThe service will startwith Oura’s IPO this week. Customers can request shares at the offer pricethrough a new IPO section in the Coinbase app once the expected price rangebecomes available.Customers must fundtheir accounts before submitting a “Conditional Offer to Buy”. Allocationsdepend on available shares and total demand, so requests can be filled fully,partially or not at all. Shares will become tradable on Coinbase oncepublic-market trading begins.Now you can participate in IPOs on CoinbaseWe’re giving US retail customers more access to primary financial markets.This is the next step toward building the Everything Exchange, a trusted platform to trade any asset at any stage of its lifecycle. pic.twitter.com/uNXRWIdjwk— Coinbase 🛡️ (@coinbase) September 21, 2026Coinbase said itsallocation system considers investors’ holding behaviour. Customers who sellIPO shares within the first 30 days may be barred from participating in IPOsfor the following 60 days. Repeated early selling can also result in smallerallocations.Coinbase UsesBroker Dealer for IPO AccessThe service isprovided through Coinbase Capital Markets, a FINRA-registeredbroker-dealer. CCM will participate in IPOs as a best-efforts selling-groupmember, aggregate customer orders and route them through Apex ClearingCorporation.Coinbase said CCM actsas an agent and does not underwrite deals, hold inventory or take the oppositeside of customer trades.This article was written by Tareq Sikder at www.financemagnates.com.