Or, fees in terms of airdropping millions of coins to attract Coinbase users (earn.coinbase.com). EOS/Steller provides up to $50 in coins through earn project. Airdropping to coinbase users help coinbase's business. It can help STINC/Steem too. However, I have doubt of STINC's management's capacity to think about such endeavor..
RE: Any idea why Steem is not on Coinbase yet?