Coinbase Explains Cold-Storage Defences After Binance Breach Shakes Crypto Industry
TL;DR: Coinbase says it was not affected by the reported Binance hot-wallet incident and that more than 99% of customer assets are kept in cold storage. The exchange outlined controls around signing, withdrawal limits and suspicious activity, offering a useful test of how custodians should explain security practices. A major attack on one exchange inevitably…
Coinbase Pitches a Full Token Lifecycle Service, From Public Sales to Custody
TL;DR: Coinbase’s November 5 product update describes an integrated set of services for token issuers, from sales and distribution through listings, custody and liquidity. It cites Monad, Ethena and Hyperliquid as examples, but the examples are company-selected and do not eliminate the risks or regulatory limits facing token projects. For a blockchain project, issuing a…
Coinbase Explains Multi-User Architecture as Crypto Accounts Become More Complex
TL;DR: Coinbase published an engineering account of its move toward multi-user infrastructure on October 29, describing how one account or organisation can involve several people with different privileges. A blog describing architecture cannot prove that every application and endpoint is free of bugs. Account controls rarely make headlines until something fails. But the ability to…
Shopify’s Base USDC Checkout Puts Stablecoins Into Mainstream E-Commerce
TL;DR: The case study referenced more than $42 million of net settled payments and over 448,000 payments on the underlying Commerce Payments Protocol dashboard as of October 2. Availability, merchant eligibility, foreign exchange terms and processing fees remain important. Base published a Shopify case study on October 29 describing how Shopify and Coinbase built a…
Coinbase Gets CFTC Approval For Its Own USDC-Native Clearinghouse
TL;DR Coinbase Clearing LLC has been registered by the CFTC as a Derivatives Clearing Organization. The approval allows it to clear fully collateralized futures, options on futures and swaps. Coinbase says the new clearinghouse will use USDC collateral and support 24/7 settlement. Coinbase has filled in the final piece of a U.S. derivatives stack it…
Citi And Coinbase Bring Stablecoin Payments Into Corporate Banking
TL;DR Citi and Coinbase have expanded their partnership with new stablecoin and fiat payment infrastructure for businesses. Citi clients can accept stablecoin payments while Coinbase provides blockchain rails and conversion into fiat. Coinbase business customers can also use Citi-powered virtual accounts that automatically move between fiat and stablecoins. Citi and Coinbase are connecting corporate bank…
Coinbase Files To Bring Single-Stock Perpetual Futures To US Market
TL;DR Coinbase Financial Markets has submitted a CFTC product filing for single-stock perpetual futures. Initial contracts cover Apple, Tesla and Nvidia. Trading is not live yet; the products remain in the regulatory process. Coinbase is taking another run at bringing a product long associated with offshore crypto exchanges into the regulated U.S. market. Coinbase Financial…
Coinbase And Stablecore Open Digital Asset Rails To 3,000+ Banks And Credit Unions
TL;DR Coinbase is partnering with Stablecore to bring crypto services into existing bank technology. Stablecore’s infrastructure reaches more than 3,000 U.S. banks and credit unions. The integration covers custody, trading and stablecoin payments. Coinbase is trying to make crypto considerably easier for smaller U.S. banks to offer without asking them to rebuild their technology stack.…
Coinbase Investor Class Action Can Move Forward, Federal Judge Rules
A federal judge has allowed parts of an investor class-action lawsuit against Coinbase and certain executives to proceed, keeping allegations over risk disclosures alive in court. US District Judge Katherine Polk Failla ruled on August 20 that some claims could move into discovery. The court dismissed several claims but allowed allegations that Coinbase misled investors…
Coinbase And Ripple CEOs Reportedly Meet Howard Lutnick Over CLARITY Act
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong and Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse reportedly met privately with Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s Commerce Secretary nominee, to discuss regulatory hurdles tied to the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act. The meeting has been widely reported, but public details remain limited. That means the story needs careful framing. This is not proof that…