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Coinbase will manage USDC liquidity on Hyperliquid, deepening ties with one of crypto’s fastest-growing trading platforms.

Circle's $222 million ARC token presale has given Wall Street a new way to value the USDC issuer, while raising a harder question for one of crypto’s most profitable alliances. On May 11, Circle said investors led by a16z Crypto backed the presale of ARC, the native token for Arc, its planned public blockchain for […] The post Circle adds $3 billion Wall Street Arc token risking an uncomfortable rivalry with Coinbase appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Analysts say Coinbase’s long-term growth may depend more on stablecoins and U.S. crypto legislation than a rebound in trading activity.

Coinbase says the outage has been fully resolved but that it will investigate the incident fully.

Coinbase, the largest US-based exchange, ended a difficult first quarter with a fresh test of investor confidence after the crypto exchange missed Wall Street estimates by reporting another quarterly loss, and later suffered a service disruption tied to an Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage. The sequence gave investors a sharp reminder of the company’s two […] The post Coinbase went down for over 5 hours after missing earnings. Bulls still see a path to $300 billion by 2030 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

The provisions in the crypto market structure bill are still under review by the banking and crypto lobbies as a new poll shows bipartisan voter support for the legislation. The CLARITY crypto market structure bill could see a markup in the US Senate Banking Committee as early as next week, according to Kara Calvert, the vice president of US policy at crypto exchange Coinbase. “My prediction is that we have a markup next week,” Calvert told the audience at the Consensus 2026 crypto industry conference in Miami, Florida. She said that the bill needs at least 60 votes to pass in the Senate and that the CLARITY bill needs bipartisan support to become law. She said: Read more

The plaintiff says Coinbase froze traceable assets from a 2024 DAI phishing theft but refused to return them without a court order. Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase was sued in California federal court over frozen crypto allegedly tied to a $55 million DAI phishing theft from August 2024. The complaint, filed Monday in a San Francisco federal court, alleges that after laundering the proceeds through crypto mixer Tornado Cash, the attacker deposited part of the “traceable stolen funds” into a Coinbase retail user account, where the funds remain frozen.  The Puerto Rico-based plaintiff is asking the court to declare him the rightful owner of the frozen assets and order Coinbase to return them. The lawsuit also names an unknown John Doe defendant accused of carrying out the theft. Read more

Coinbase will cut about 700 employees, or 14% of its workforce, under a May 5 restructuring plan that the company says will cost $50 million to $60 million. The company framed the move as a response to two forces: crypto-market volatility and a shift in how artificial intelligence is changing the work inside Coinbase. Armstrong […] The post Coinbase cuts 14% of staff as Armstrong ties cost reset to AI and market volatility appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Brian Armstrong said Coinbase will flatten management layers and require leaders to work as “player-coaches” under the new structure. Update May 5, 2026, 1:30 pm UTC: This article has been updated to add information from an SEC filing. Coinbase will cut about 14% of its workforce, or roughly 700 jobs, as CEO Brian Armstrong moves to make the crypto exchange leaner and more focused on artificial intelligence. Armstrong said in an email to employees that Coinbase is responding to two forces at once: a down market that pressured the company's quarter-to-quarter business and rapid advances in AI that are changing how teams work.  Read more

Coinbase adding DFlow as its primary router will mean eight times less trade failures.

While Washington attempts to navigate the stablecoin battle between banks and crypto companies over the Clarity Act, Coinbase has now announced the “Coinbase Stablecoin Credit Strategy” (CUSHY), targeting qualified investors and institutions with exposure to public, private, and opportunistic credit. The firm also said that it offers investors access to the structural alpha from tokenization, […] The post Coinbase’s new credit fund shows why banks are fighting stablecoin yield on the Clarity Act appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Coinbase survey results and onchain data suggest that Bitcoin is undervalued and at the tail end of its bear market phase. More than 70% of crypto investors believe that Bitcoin (BTC) is undervalued, according to a recent Global Investor Survey conducted by Coinbase and Glassnode. The survey found that 82% of institutions and 70% of non-institutions classify the market as a late bear cycle markdown phase, while onchain indicators suggest BTC is entering a “value-accumulation zone.”  Coinbase Institutional Research surveyed 91 global investors between March 16 and April 7, including 29 institutions and 62 non-institutions. The responses show a sharp shift in perceptions for the current BTC market. Read more

XRP trades at $1.38 with RSI at 38 and exchange outflows spiking 35M tokens. Analysts target $1.87 by June. Key support, resistance, and May catalysts analyzed. The post XRP News: Ripple’s CEO Expects CLARITY Act by May and Coinbase Is Activating XRP Futures: Are the Catalysts Finally Aligning? appeared first on Cryptonews.

The Bitcoin ETF trade sold investors a simple promise: crypto exposure inside a wrapper that looked and felt like mainstream finance. Advisors could buy it, compliance teams could understand it, and institutions could route capital into digital assets through a product that fits the rest of their strategy. That promise worked, and the US spot […] The post Grayscale moves away from Coinbase for new ETF product – Is Wall Street building a post-Coinbase custody map? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

Coinbase legal chief Paul Grewal says the company removed New York’s prediction markets lawsuit to federal court, setting up a sharper fight over CFTC authority and state gambling laws. Coinbase’s chief legal officer, Paul Grewal, said Wednesday that the company had removed New York Attorney General Letitia James’ prediction markets lawsuit from state court to federal court, arguing that the case turns on disputed questions of federal law over how event contracts are regulated. The move escalates a legal fight that could help define whether prediction markets fall under federal commodities regulation and the scope of the US Commodities and Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) or state gambling laws, with broader implications for the oversight of platforms like Coinbase and Gemini. “We have removed this action to federal court,” wrote Grewal in a Wednesday X post, adding that New York’s claims raise “disputed and substantial questions of federal law” and are subject to “complete preemption.” Read more

Bitcoin's Coinbase premium has been positive for 14 straight days, the longest bullish streak since BTC hit its all time high of $126,000 in October.

Cantor Fitzgerald analysts said the market is treating recent trading slumps as old news, shifting focus instead toward prediction markets and new product launches to drive the next leg of growth for Coinbase and Robinhood.

Attorney General Letitia James alleged that Coinbase and Gemini ran unlicensed markets, adding pressure on crypto companies as states move to regulate event-based trading platforms. New York's attorney general has filed lawsuits against crypto exchange operators Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan for allegedly violating state gambling laws, according to court records cited by Reuters. Copies of the complaints show the state alleges both exchanges failed to obtain licenses from the New York State Gaming Commission to operate their markets, Reuters reported.  “Gambling by another name is still gambling, ​and it ​is not ⁠exempt from regulation under our state laws and Constitution,” Attorney General Letitia James said in a statement. Read more

Prediction market platform Kalshi is moving onto Coinbase’s turf by launching crypto perpetual futures, aiming to capture the massive demand for digital asset derivatives within a regulated U.S. framework.

Nium integrates Coinbase’s infrastructure to enable USDC-based cross-border payments, allowing businesses to settle in fiat or stablecoins without relying on prefunded accounts. Singapore fintech Nium has selected Coinbase to integrate USDC payments into its global network to send, receive and convert stablecoins to fiat across more than 190 countries through a single platform. According to a Tuesday announcement, the integration uses Coinbase’s infrastructure for custody, liquidity and wallet services, enabling Nium’s customers to fund cross-border payouts in USDC and settle in either stablecoins or local currencies. Traditional cross-border payment systems often require companies to prefund accounts across multiple jurisdictions, tying up capital while transactions settle across time zones and banking networks, Santhosh Srinivasan, VP of Treasury at Nium, told Cointelegraph. Read more