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October 1, 2026 @ 7:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Base, the Ethereum Layer 2 incubated by Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), has activated Cobalt, its third mainnet upgrade of 2026. The hard fork went live on September 30 after a Sepolia rollout the week before. The release focuses on two user-facing changes: Validity Transactions, which let traders… Read More

September 30, 2026 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts have opened a civil forfeiture case aimed at recovering digital assets they say are connected to a 2023 account takeover that drained 33.7 bitcoin from a single Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) login. According to court papers, a beneficiary of a Massachusetts family trust… Read More

September 29, 2026 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) has recently secured registration from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for Coinbase Clearing LLC as a derivatives clearing organization, a step that closes a long-running gap in the company’s regulated US derivatives business. The CFTC recorded the status as registered… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 2:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW), a boutique investment firm owned by Stifel, has issued a bullish outperform rating on Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) and set a $237 price target. According to the report viewed by CI, KBW views Coinbase as the preeminent franchise and a cycle call given the… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Citi (NYSE:C) and Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) are partnering on digital assets, with one of the world’s largest banks choosing Coinbase to provide its technology for stablecoins as the world shifts from analog finance to digital. WSJ.com first reported that Coinbase will provide stablecoins payment rails that support the conversion… Read More

September 28, 2026 @ 7:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aave V4 has opened a dedicated Equities Hub on Base that lets eligible users outside the United States post Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) tokenized U.S. stocks as collateral and draw USDC loans against them. The first seven assets are AAPLc, AMZNc, GOOGLc, METAc, MSFTc, NVDAc and… Read More

September 24, 2026 @ 8:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A 23-year-old Sheepshead Bay resident has been sent to prison after admitting he ran a yearlong social engineering operation that drained nearly $16 million from Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) customers across the United States. Ronald Spektor received an indeterminate term of four to 12 years on… Read More

September 21, 2026 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Bitcoin bulls are celebrating today as the world’s most popular crypto moves higher. Currently, $BTC is up by over 5%, topping $85,000 for the first time since last January. Last week, the CLARITY Act, crypto market infrastructure legislation, failed in the Senate on a cloture… Read More

September 18, 2026 @ 12:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

While some see crypto and digital asset services as a negative for traditional finance, more specifically, smaller firms, the reality is quite different. All forms of finance will enter the digital age including digital assets like tokenized securities, stablecoins and other assets. This week, Coinbase… Read More

September 11, 2026 @ 1:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) received some coverage from Morgan Stanley yesterday, which set a price target of $250, representing an approximately 45% increase to today’s price. This is the first time that Morgan Stanley has covered the digital asset exchange. The investment bank gave Coinbase an equal-weight… Read More

September 11, 2026 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Payment stablecoins will soon be ubiquitous. Less crypto and more a modern approach to transferring value, stablecoins can enable faster, lower-cost payments if implemented correctly. Fighting against stablecoins makes little sense. Yesterday, Moov and Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) announced they’re working together to help community banks enable… Read More

September 11, 2026 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

There is never a shortage of Bitcoin price prognosticators. The world’s most popular crypto is highly volatile, if anything. Its capped issuance leads some to point to its inflation-fighting credibility. If demand increases while supply stays steady, prices must rise. Yesterday, Brian Armstrong, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN)… Read More

September 11, 2026 @ 8:05 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has restored the Coinbase Wallet name to the self-custodial app it relaunched as Base App in July 2025. The change, confirmed on September 10, 2026, marks a clear shift away from a social-first “everything app” and back toward fast, permissionless trading across many… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 1:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

ION, a provider of trading technology and workflow software for financial institutions, has announced that Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) has chosen its XTP for Event Contracts platform to handle clearing for Kalshi’s prediction market products. The announcement, dated September 9, 2026, frames the deal as infrastructure… Read More

September 4, 2026 @ 2:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has begun the formal process of seeking US approval for single-stock perpetual contracts that would trade around the clock. In an official company post on September 3, the exchange said it is working to bring those products onshore and that it filed SEC… Read More

September 3, 2026 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has added Anthony Armstrong, a veteran banker who later served as finance chief across several Elon Musk companies, to its board of directors. The appointment took effect September 1, 2026, after the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee recommended expanding the board from nine… Read More

September 2, 2026 @ 5:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has launched derivative contracts in Canada. Coinbase Financial Markets (CFM) is said to be the first major crypto native platform to offer direct native crypto futures in the country. CFM is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission operating under an international exemption…. Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 5:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) founder and CEO Brian Armstrong posted on X that AI trading is now rolling out for trading securities. The service was already available for crypto and derivatives. Coinbase had previously announced its intent to enable AI agent trading. Some, like Armstrong, describe… Read More

August 31, 2026 @ 2:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Webull (NASDAQ:BULL) has enlisted Coinbase’s (NASDAQ:COIN) crypto-as-a-service platform to extend its digital asset abilities in Canada. Webull, based in St. Petersburg, Florida, operates in Canada through Webull Securities (Canada) Limited (regulated by CIRO and a CIPF member) and primarily offers access to stocks and ETFs…. Read More

August 27, 2026 @ 5:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) moved higher today by almost 5%, propelled by two distinct catalysts. First, Coinbase revealed it is partnering with Better Mortgage to issue conforming products backed by digital assets. Coinbase actually revealed its intent for the mortgage sector and its partnership with Better this… Read More