Overview
- Coinbase posted a public teaser announcing a feature that lets users open digital card packs on their phones with every pull matched to a real physical card held in vaults.
- The company confirmed users would be able to choose to keep pulled cards in secure vault storage or have the corresponding physical card shipped to them.
- Coinbase tacitly acknowledged the Pokémon connection in replies but has not disclosed whether The Pokémon Company or other rights holders have agreed to the plan.
- Key implementation and commercial details remain unknown, including launch timing, pack prices, pull odds, which blockchain would record ownership, grading and storage or shipping fees.
- The move builds on Coinbase’s May 2024 work with Courtyard and Brink’s and resembles GameStop’s Power Packs, and it could speed transfers and improve authentication if licensing and grading questions are resolved.