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Finance

Coinbase CEO says big banks now view crypto as an ‘existential’ threat to their business

Brian Armstrong returns from World Economic Forum with message: traditional finance is taking crypto seriously

Brian Armstrong and Larry Fink (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

Markets

Coinbase lets users borrow up to $1 million against staked ether without selling

The new feature allows U.S. users to borrow USDC against cbETH while keeping their staked ETH exposure intact.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Policy

Coinbase VP says ‘fatal flaws’ in Senate crypto bill forced sudden withdrawal of support

Coinbase VP of US Policy Kara Calvert explains what tipped the scales for Coinbase against the legislation just hours before a scheduled markup.

Coinbase's Kara Calvert (Paras Griffin/Getty Images)

Opinion

The Base token should give holders voting power over Coinbase itself

If BASE becomes economically tied to COIN, the token would trade not as a memeified L2 token, but as a globally accessible representation of equity-like value.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash/Modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong spars with France’s Central Bank chief at Davos over yield and ‘bitcoin standard’

Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse called the WEF panel ‘spirited’ as Coinbase’s CEO defended bitcoin and stablecoins, while Villeroy warned of threats to monetary sovereignty and financial stability.

(Photo: Screengrab from WEF Davos 2026 Website/Modified by Coindesk)

Markets

Tech index futures, crypto stocks drop as U.S.-Europe trade tensions rise, bitcoin falls

Risk assets slide amid tariff uncertainty and rising global bond yields.

Chart of the Invesco QQQ ETF (TradingView)

News Analysis

Here's why Coinbase and other companies soured on the major crypto bill

Provisions addressing decentralized finance, SEC jurisdiction and authorities and — of course — stablecoin yield all alarmed industry participants.

U.S. Capitol Building (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Coinbase refutes rumors of White House's threat to pull support for crypto bill

"The White House has been super constructive here," said CEO Brian Armstrong.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong speaking to House Speaker Mike Johnson on July 18, 2025. (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Tokenization firms reject Coinbase's crypto bill equities claims

While Coinbase said that the crypto market structure bill would essentially ban tokenized securities, companies in that sector say that's not the case.

U.S. Congress (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Policy

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says company opposed crypto bill to protect consumers

Armstrong told CNBC that his firm pulled support for a sweeping digital assets bill after finding provisions that could have harmed consumers and stifled competition.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong at the White House