Coinbase Global (COIN) posted its first quarterly profit in two years as trading surged on a new wave of optimism about digital assets, marking a potential turning point for the largest US cryptocurrency exchange. Investors cheered the news, sending the stock of Coinbase up more than 12% in after-hours trading. The stock is down 5% so far in 2024 as of Thursday’s close but has soared 180% over the last year. Coinbase earned $273 million in profits during the fourth quarter, well above analyst… Source link
Read More »Coinbase is ‘executing brilliantly’: Ark Invest’s Cathie Wood
Coinbase (COIN) released its fourth quarter report beating expectations with a revenue of $953.8 million. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) regained its $1 trillion market cap on Wednesday for the first time since 2021. With the rise of bitcoin investing with spot bitcoin ETF approval, many on Wall Street are expressing more interest in the digital asset. Ark Invest CEO and CIO Cathie Wood, a vocal advocate of bitcoin, joins Yahoo Finance to give her insight into the crypto markets, Coinbase’s performance,… Source link
Read More »US needs to catch up on crypto regulation: Coinbase policy chief
Coinbase (COIN) will serve as the custodian for many of the spot bitcoin ETFs that were approved by the US Securities and Exchange commission last week. Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad speaks with Yahoo Finance’s Julie Hyman and Brian Sozzi about the approval from the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland. Shirzad argues the approval will bring new investors into the crypto community and it “put the SEC on record as blessing an important crypto product.” He… Source link
Read More »Google Fi hack victim had Coinbase, 2FA app hijacked by hackers • TechCrunch
On January 1, a technologist who goes by the nickname regexer received an email saying he had successfully reset his account at the crypto exchange Coinbase. Unfortunately — and worryingly — he had actually not requested a password reset. Regexer, who asked to be referred to by his online moniker for fear of being targeted by hackers again, quickly realized he was being hacked, and his attempts to log into his Coinbase to regain control were unsuccessful. Soon after, he noticed he… Source link
Read More »BofA downgrades Coinbase, says company faces ‘a number of new headwinds’ after FTX debacle
Analysts at Bank of America downgraded shares of Coinbase (COIN) on Friday as the fallout from FTX’s stunning implosion continues to ripple through crypto markets. Shares of Coinbase were down as much as 5.5% in early trading on Friday. “We think Coinbase (COIN) likely faces a number of new headwinds over the near/medium-term due to the recent collapse of rival crypto exchange FTX,” analysts led by Jason Kupferberg wrote in a note to clients. They added: “As a result, we downgrade COIN to… Source link
Read More »Coinbase, Roblox, Sweetgreen, The Trade Desk, Wynn Resorts
The top trending after-hours tickers on Yahoo Finance: Coinbase (COIN): Shares of the cryptocurrency exchange fell in after-hours trading after reporting a wider-than-expected loss and a 63% drop in revenue. Monthly transacting users totaled 9 million for the second quarter, down from 9.2 million in the prior quarter. Total trading volume declined to $217 billion, down 30% compared to Q1. JMP Securities’ Devin Ryan told Yahoo Finance that ‘even though trading volumes were right in line… Source link
Read More »Coinbase ‘tremendously overvalued’ as fee feast set to end, warns short-selling legend Jim Chanos
Leading U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase is “tremendously overvalued” at current levels, warned short-selling legend Jim Chanos, predicting a collapse in fee income that will send the stock plunging. He told the Crypto Critics Corner podcast that Coinbase still gorges itself on overly favorable retail trading commissions, and his short position is based on an end to the “feasting” it enjoys relative to mature brokers like Charles Schwab. “Coinbase was not a call on crypto prices,”… Source link
Read More »Coinbase is reportedly testing out having employees rate each other in an app with a thumbs up or thumbs down after meetings and other interactions
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.Patrick T. Fallon / Getty Images Coinbase is experimenting with having employees rate each other, The Information reported Monday. Staff are reportedly asked to evaluate one another after meetings and other interactions based on how well they model 10 core values. Employees can give their colleagues a thumbs up, thumbs down, or neutral review, the report says. Coinbase is reportedly asking employees to rate each other after interactions as part of an app-based pilot… Source link
Read More »‘This is how the SEC regulates:’ Crypto investors wary as Coinbase fight heats up, regulators circle
There’s a storm brewing between the booming cryptocurrency sector and regulators charged with overseeing a white-hot industry, where potential risks to investors are proliferating almost as fast as new products. Tuesday’s Senate testimony by newly-appointed Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler did little to shed light on a number of crypto-related controversies — including an evolving battle with Coinbase (COIN), the premier crypto trading platform trying to offer a… Source link
Read More »Why the SEC cracking down on Coinbase could level the crypto playing field
The hands-off regulatory position the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has long taken when it comes to managing cryptocurrencies appears to be coming to an abrupt end. On Tuesday, Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong went public with the battle he says the SEC has now picked with his company’s proposed lending product. In a long thread on Twitter, Armstrong chronicled his attempts to work with the SEC to explain how the company’s customers would be able to earn interest on… Source link
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