Everything is fine’: Coinbase mocks UK financial system in new video

Coinbase’s satirical video takes aim at Britain’s struggling economy as data shows almost half of UK adults are financially vulnerable.

Coinbase has taken aim at the United Kingdom’s financial system in a darkly satirical video, which comes as data reveals an increase in financial hardship across the country.

Titled “Everything is fine,” the video uses a musical tone and lyrics to brag about the UK's strong finances while showing grim scenes of inflation, poverty, debt and financial struggle, a hint at the gap between what people are told and what they actually face.

“We ain’t got no troubles. No reason to complain,” the video starts, as damaged homes and cash-strapped individuals fill the screen. “The streets can’t get no cleaner. Nor the rat meat any leaner. No. Life is just as great,” it claims, as dirty streets flash across the screen.

The video also touches on the issue of soaring prices. “These fish fingers are a steal. Price is up a smidge, just 100 pounds a meal,” it says before joking that things “could be worse.”