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Coinbase Stocks Plummet 10% as Wells Fargo Says ‘Sell’ (Report)

The bear market has been tough for everyone, and holding on to Coinbase shares may not be wise, according to Wells Fargo. The multinational financial services company issued a profitability warning stating that the current market conditions may hurt the publicly traded crypto exchange. Despite having the early-mover advantage, Coinbase is now facing stiff competition from its rivals which have exploded the space in recent times. According to а CNBC report, Wells Fargo implied...

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Coinbase Sued Again for $350 Million Over Patented Crypto Transfer Technology

Coinbase – the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States – has been slapped with another multi-million dollar lawsuit.  The company has been accused of patent infringement through several of its services, over which the plaintiff is seeking $350 million in damages.  Another Coinbase Lawsuit Veritaseum Capital LLC filed the lawsuit on Thursday in a Delaware court. The firm claims that Coinbase has infringed a patent awarded to the company’s founder Reggie Middleton...

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Coinbase Hired Wall Street Traders to Test Proprietary Trading (Report)

The California-based cryptocurrency exchange – Coinbase – reportedly appointed at least four Wall Street traders and established a group to use the company’s own funds to trade cryptocurrencies. Undisclosed members of the platform described the activity as “proprietary” trading. On another note, the company received regulatory approval from the Dutch Central Bank to start providing its products and services on the domestic market. The $100 Million Test Transaction According...

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Brian Armstrong on the Future of Coinbase

Brian Armstrong – the CEO of Coinbase – has issued a statement on the current position of bitcoin and crypto in general that’s got quite a few people worried. He said that he cannot predict what’s going to happen in the coming future, and he has also warned that virtually anything could happen. So, what does that mean? Coinbase Has Been Moving Up and Down The state of the crypto market isn’t doing well as of late. Despite a recent bull run in the later weeks of August,...

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Crypto.com Has Let Go of Hundreds of Workers

More crypto companies appear to have laid off their staff members. The only difference between them and Gemini and Coinbase is that they apparently did it in secret. The layoffs occurred some time ago and never made it to the news prior to now. One would assume the companies in question likely sought to avoid publicity for the move given how much flack the previously mentioned enterprises have received for their actions. Among the firms to have let employees go is famed...

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Coinbase Breaks Down the Risks Surrounding the Merge

In the final days leading up to Ethereum’s historic “Merge,” the largest American cryptocurrency exchange has provided some insight into the risks associated with the upgrade.  Coinbase’s Senior Protocol Specialist Ben Rodriguez explained that the Merge may come with technical and operational risks, alongside risks for miners and dapp users. Risks of the Merge Per Rodriguez’s latest post, the merge will be “the most technically complex upgrade to have ever happened in...

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Coinbase Exec’s Brother Pleads Guilty to Cryptocurrency Wire Fraud

The U.S. Department of Justice released a statement on September 12 reporting that Nikhil Wahi, brother of ex-Coinbase product manager Ishan Wahi, pleaded guilty to committing cryptocurrency wire fraud using insider information sourced from his brother. Per the release, Nikhil Wahi faces up to 20 years of possible jail time. In addition, he will have to forfeit all unlawfully obtained monetary gains. Ishan Wahi, on the other hand, pleaded not guilty in early August to the...

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Coinbase Funds Lawsuit Against Treasury Department for Sanctioning Tornado Cash

America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange is supporting a legal challenge against the U.S. Treasury Department following its sanctions against the privacy protocol Tornado Cash. The lawsuit’s plaintiffs include 6 individuals who have personally used the mixer, some of which include Coinbase employees. Defending Tornado’s Use Cases As reported by CNBC, Coinbase’s senior security risk analyst said he used Tornado Cash to anonymize his cryptocurrency donations to Ukraine, for...

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