By Luc Olinga The COINBASE platform for buying and selling bitcoin, ether and other cryptocurrency continues to expand during the crypto winter. Coinbase (COIN) – Get Coinbase Global Inc Report has reasons to smile, even as much of the rest of the cryptocurrency industry does not. The big picture of crypto is bleak even as players in the crypto sphere reiterate that they are the future of financial services. Investors seem focused on the present, and the present reflects fears about a possible recession prompted by the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate hikes designed to crush an inflation rate a…