{"id":23355,"date":"2026-05-25T06:25:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/?p=23355"},"modified":"2026-05-25T06:25:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:25:30","slug":"coinbases-product-focused-marketing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mysourcefunding.com\/?p=23355","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase&#8217;s product-focused marketing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body-content\">\n<p class=\"dist__StyledText-sc-a55d003e-8 ggAaRe\">Security footage of traders leaving to go home at the end of the workday is punctuated by a score that would be at home in a thriller and a voice-over that questions the traders\u2019 schedule: \u201cWhy do they get to decide when you can trade?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__StyledText-sc-a55d003e-8 ggAaRe\">It\u2019s a question that\u2019s designed to make viewers think about how the financial world works\u2014and whether or not it works for them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__StyledText-sc-a55d003e-8 ggAaRe\">That\u2019s what Coinbase is aiming for with its latest campaign by its in-house team, which includes four new product-focused spots, and expands on the brand\u2019s focus from crypto to finance as a whole, Catherine Ferdon, Coinbase CMO, told us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__StyledText-sc-a55d003e-8 ggAaRe\">\u201cWe\u2019re sitting at the nexus of two industries that don\u2019t exactly give people the warm and fuzzies: Big Tech and finance,\u201d Ferdon said. \u201cWhat we\u2019re really focused on is giving a voice to a utility that straddles those two industries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__StyledText-sc-a55d003e-8 ggAaRe\">To do that, this year, Coinbase is creating spots that prompt viewers to question why things are the way that they are, and the new campaign, \u201cHidden in Plain Sight,\u201d builds on that approach. Creating something provocative is the point. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__StyledText-sc-a55d003e-8 ggAaRe\">\u201cThere\u2019s constant regulatory scrutiny in a really, ever-evolving landscape for the field that we play in,\u201d Ferdon said. \u201cWhen you have that situation on the field, the very first instinct is to generate a very sterile brand. And I think we\u2019ve gone a different way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trade on your schedule, not theirs.\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H8dpDQepTyI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__StyledText-sc-a55d003e-8 ggAaRe\">Directed by Steve Rogers, the new ads will run throughout the second and third quarters this year with ad buys on NBA programming along with the brand\u2019s previous video game\u2013inspired effort, \u201cYour Way Out,\u201d still airing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__StyledText-sc-a55d003e-8 ggAaRe\"><strong>Eye spy: <\/strong>Where \u201cYour Way Out\u201d has a protagonist gaining consciousness and opting out of the monotonous world he\u2019s been used to, the new spots are more voyeuristic. It\u2019s not voyeurism for the sake of it\u2014and there\u2019s still the focus on the annoying monotony of the world today\u2014but to get people to look at things that are normal in a different way.<\/p>\n<div class=\"style__InlineSubscribeWrapper-sc-9b30af34-1 xBGLJ inline-subscribe\">\n<div id=\"inline-subscribe\" class=\"style__RoundedContainer-sc-bac6188c-0 jnRTsW\">\n<h5 class=\"inline-subscribe\">Get marketing news you&#8217;ll actually want to read<\/h5>\n<p class=\"inline-subscribe\">Marketing Brew informs marketing pros of the latest on brand strategy, social media, and ad tech via our weekday newsletter, virtual events, marketing conferences, and digital guides.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"dist__StyledText-sc-a55d003e-8 ggAaRe\">\u201cIf you look around, there are anomalies that we put up with,\u201d Joe Staples, VP of creative at Coinbase, said. \u201cWhat we wanted to say is there\u2019s an option to some of those anomalies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__StyledText-sc-a55d003e-8 ggAaRe\">The new work comes following a reported 14% cut to staff with nearly 700 people laid off in early May, which could make for tricky timing to debut new work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__StyledText-sc-a55d003e-8 ggAaRe\">The ads, however, have been in the works for nearly six months, Ferdon said, and the company is \u201cmoving forward here, business as usual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__StyledText-sc-a55d003e-8 ggAaRe\">The brand\u2019s overall approach to advertising\u2014creating something bold and potentially off-putting that will encourage viewers to question what they\u2019re watching, as many did during the Super Bowl with the sing-along spot\u2014makes sense to Douglas Brundage, founder and CEO of brand strategy shop Kingsland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__StyledText-sc-a55d003e-8 ggAaRe\">\u201cI love seeing a brand that has the budget spend the money and try [to] and do new stuff,\u201d Kingsland said. \u201cWhen you take a big swing, you\u2019re going to miss sometimes. I think culturally, it seems like the Super Bowl thing was a miss, but it did get people talking about the brand\u2026They just need everyone and their grandmother to know that Coinbase exists and know what Coinbase does. And I think they\u2019ve done a good job of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingbrew.com\/stories\/why-coinbase-is-leaning-on-product-focused-marketing-for-the-first-time?utm_source=&#038;utm_medium=syndication&#038;utm_campaign=feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security footage of traders leaving to go home at the end of the workday is punctuated by a score that would be at home in a thriller and a voice-over that questions the traders\u2019 schedule: \u201cWhy do they get to decide when you can trade?\u201d It\u2019s a question that\u2019s designed to make viewers think about 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