当加拿大接近关键选举时

我与他谈了加拿大加拿大市场的独特特征的加密货币交易所在加拿大的不断扩展的存在

As Canada approaches a pivotal election on April 28, 2025, Lucas Matheson, CEO of Coinbase Canada, is positioning the cryptocurrency giant for influence in a market he believes is primed for blockchain innovation. I spoke with him about the cryptocurrency exchange's expanding presence in Canada, the unique characteristics of the Canadian market, and his vision for the country's crypto future. Our conversation revealed not only Coinbase's strategic ambitions but also Matheson's personal passion for advancing blockchain adoption in his home country.

当加拿大于2025年4月28日接近关键选举时，Coinbase Canada的首席执行官Lucas Matheson正在将加密货币巨头定位在他认为是区块链创新的市场中。我与他谈到了加密货币交易所在加拿大的不断扩展，加拿大市场的独特特征以及他对该国加密货币未来的愿景。我们的对话不仅揭示了Coinbase的战略野心，而且还揭示了Matheson对在他的祖国采用区块链采用的个人热情。

This interview has been condensed and lightly edited for clarity.

这次采访已被凝结和轻微编辑，以澄清。

CoinDesk: Your career has taken you from traditional finance to Shopify to crypto. Was there a specific moment when you realized digital assets would reshape finance, or was it a gradual conviction?

COINDESK：您的职业生涯已将您从传统的金融到Shopify到Crypto。是否有一个特定的时刻，您意识到数字资产会重塑金融，还是逐渐信念？

Lucas: I'm a Canadian entrepreneur and I've been working in finance and business most of my career. I spent the first part of my career in finance, mostly in M&A, and I founded a tech company after grad school with my best friend in Silicon Valley, which is where I started my journey with Coinbase. I've been a Coinbase customer for over 10 years now.

卢卡斯：我是加拿大企业家，我在职业生涯的大部分时间都从事金融和业务。我的职业生涯的第一部分主要是在财务上，主要是在并购工作，并且我与我最好的朋友在硅谷建立了一家科技公司，这是我开始与Coinbase一起旅行的地方。我一直是Coinbase客户已有10多年了。

After selling that company, I joined Shopify and I worked there for almost six years, helping build their business, their operational and finance functions. At Coinbase, I help lead a team who are building a platform for Canadians to diversify their assets into the digital economy.

出售该公司后，我加入了Shopify，并在那里工作了将近六年，帮助他们建立了业务，运营和财务职能。在Coinbase，我帮助领导一个正在为加拿大人建立平台以将其资产多样化到数字经济中的平台。

CoinDesk: How long has Coinbase been operating in Canada, and what regulatory milestones have you achieved?

Coindesk：Coinbase在加拿大运作了多长时间，您取得了哪些监管里程碑？

Lucas: Coinbase has been in Canada for almost four years now. We've been officially pursuing our registration here in Canada for a number of years as well. Canada is registered as a restricted dealer under CSA. We're the first international exchange to be registered in Canada.

卢卡斯：Coinbase在加拿大已经近四年了。我们已经在加拿大正式在加拿大正式进行注册了很多年。根据CSA，加拿大注册为受限制的经销商。我们是第一个在加拿大注册的国际交流。

We're lucky to have a regulatory regime here where we operate in a compliant regime in Canada to grow our business. We are now pursuing our IIROC registration with IIROC as a full dealer registration, that'll expand the types of products and services that we can offer Canadians.

我们很幸运能在这里拥有一个监管制度，在这里我们在加拿大的一个合规政权中运营以发展我们的业务。现在，我们正在向IIROC进行IIROC注册作为完整的经销商注册，该注册将扩大我们可以为加拿大人提供的产品和服务的类型。

CoinDesk: Ethereum was born in Canada, yet most of its ecosystem developed elsewhere. Is there a certain irony in having to convince Canadian institutions to embrace a technology with Canadian roots?

Coindesk：以太坊出生于加拿大，但其大多数生态系统在其他地方发展。必须说服加拿大机构以加拿大的根源拥抱一项技术吗？

Lucas: Coinbase seeks regulatory clarity all over the world, and we look for markets that provide stability and clear rules for us to operate under a regime. Canada is one of those markets that is identified as being open to providing clear rules and regulating cryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase.

卢卡斯（Lucas）：Coinbase在世界各地寻求监管清晰度，我们寻找为我们提供稳定和明确规则在政权下运作的市场。加拿大是那些被确定为提供明确规则并规范Coinbase等加密货币交易所的市场之一。

When we look across the world, Canada's also a very crypto-literate country. It's the third most crypto-aware country of all the international locations that we operate in, so we have quite a strong awareness about the technology here.

当我们环顾世界时，加拿大也是一个非常加密的国家。这是我们运营的所有国际地点中第三大的加密熟悉国家，因此我们对这里的技术有很强的认识。

The opportunity for it to help our financial system — as you probably know, Ethereum was founded here in Canada. We have very strong roots here in Canada around cryptocurrency and around technology. We have a lot of really great universities in computing science that are focused on blockchain technology and helping our students in Canada understand the opportunity.

它有机会帮助我们的金融体系 - 您可能知道，以太坊是在加拿大建立的。我们在加拿大围绕加密货币和技术周围的根源非常强大。我们在计算科学方面有很多非常出色的大学，这些大学专注于区块链技术并帮助我们在加拿大的学生了解机会。

CoinDesk: That's fascinating about Canada being the third most crypto-aware country. How does that translate to adoption rates?

COINDESK：这对加拿大是第三大加密认识的国家而着迷。这如何转化为采用率？

Lucas: When we survey countries around the world, we survey how aware citizens are to specific types of cryptocurrencies, uses of cryptocurrencies and technology. Canadians are the third most crypto-aware country of all the international markets that we survey.

卢卡斯：当我们调查世界各地的国家时，我们调查了公民对特定类型的加密货币，加密货币和技术的使用。加拿大人是我们调查的所有国际市场中第三大的加密熟悉国家。

We see some surveys in Canada suggesting that upwards of 30% of Canadians by the end of this year will own digital assets. So we see very strong adoption in Canada and healthy diversification into the asset class. Of course, Canada was the first to introduce crypto-related ETFs, so we have quite a broad awareness about the opportunity for Canadians to diversify into crypto through traditional ETFs as well.

我们看到加拿大的一些调查表明，到今年年底，加拿大人中有30％以上将拥有数字资产。因此，我们看到加拿大非常强烈的收养以及对资产类别的健康多元化。当然，加拿大是第一个引入与加密相关的ETF的人，因此，我们对加拿大人也通过传统ETF进行多元化的机会有了广泛的认识。

CoinDesk: Who are the Canadians using Coinbase? Is there a particular demographic profile?

Coindesk：加拿大人使用Coinbase是谁？有特定的人口统计资料吗？

Lucas: We have a very broad distribution of demographics in Canada. We have a very diverse user group in Canada—people who are diversifying from young students, immigrants who are looking to remit money.

卢卡斯：我们在加拿大的人口统计分布非常广泛。我们在加拿大有一个非常多样化的用户群体，他们正在从年轻学生，希望汇款的移民中多样化。

We see a significant number of people building and diversifying portfolios, accumulating digital assets for long-term diversification and wealth preservation. Then we have a significant amount of institutional investors in Canada starting to diversify assets into the crypto economy as well.

我们看到大量的人建立和多样化投资组合，积累了数字资产，以进行长期多元化和财富保存。然后，我们在加拿大拥有大量的机构投资者，也开始将资产多样化为加密经济。

So we see very strong adoption across retail, and in Canada specifically now we're seeing a healthier adoption from institutional investors and more interest from institutional investors, pension funds, asset managers who are exploring diversifying their clients' assets into crypto as well.

因此，我们看到整个零售业的强烈采用，特别是在加拿大，我们看到机构投资者的采用更健康，机构投资者，养老基金，资产经理也有更多的兴趣，他们正在探索将客户的资产多样化为加密货币。

CoinDesk: With Canada's election approaching on April 28th, what policy changes would you like to see from the next government?

Coindesk：随着加拿大大选于4月28日接近，您想从下一个政府那里看到什么政策变更？

Lucas: We proposed a number of changes for our new government to really think deeply about over the next term. We've recommended that they:

卢卡斯（Lucas）：我们为新政府提出了许多变化，以便在下一任期内真正深入思考。我们建议他们：

Currently, our large banks—we have big banks with 80-90

目前，我们的大型银行 - 我们拥有80-90的大银行