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Finance

Coinbase picks Abu Dhabi for its global tokenized asset push

The crypto exchange said it secured regulatory approval to offer tokenized securities from Abu Dhabi as the emirate deepens its push into onchain finance.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Finance

Open USD rattled Circle's stock, but its key backers still support USDC

Executives at Coinbase, Visa and Mastercard said they plan to support multiple stablecoins, suggesting Open USD is another payments rail rather than a direct replacement for USDC.

Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Circle Speaks at Hong Kong Fintech Week in 2024 (HK Fintech Week)

Videos

Coinbase missed again, Strategy sells Bitcoin, and is PayPal for sale?

On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, Jennifer Sanasie is joined by Clear Street Managing Directors and Senior Analysts Owen Lau and Brian Dobson to break down a heavy week of earnings: Strategy's first quarter selling Bitcoin, Coinbase's third straight quarterly miss and Stripe and Advent's bid for PayPal. Then, after a look at ETF flows and Morgan Stanley's launch of the market's cheapest spot Ethereum and Solana ETFs at 14 basis points. Plus, Grayscale Head of Trading and Capital Markets Krista Lynch unpacks the state of crypto ETF flows and Altius co-founder and CEO Annabelle Huang makes sense of the macro backdrop along with her bear case for Bitcoin to dip to the $40K range. - Learn more at https://www.bullish.com/. - Register now for CoinDesk's Policy and Regulation event on September 24, 2026: https://policy-regulation.coindesk.com/. - To get market moving news delivered daily, download CoinDesk’s mobile app: https://linktr.ee/coindeskapp.

Coinbase Missed Again, Strategy Sells Bitcoin, and Is PayPal for Sale?

Markets

Coinbase's weak quarter leaves Wall Street split on timing of a recovery

Most analysts blamed a weak crypto market for Coinbase's earnings miss, though opinions diverged on when trading activity will recover.

CoinDesk

Markets

Coinbase sinks 5% after missing second-quarter revenue estimates

The company reported $1.22 billion in overall revenue, down from $1.5 billion in the year prior.

Coinbase (appshunter.io/Unsplash)

Markets

Coinbase hit by spot trading slump: Wall Street trims expectations ahead of earnings

Wall Street expects a sluggish second quarter from Coinbase as crypto trading activity cools, putting all eyes on and pending U.S. crypto legislation.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Policy

Coinbase wants to be Canada’s ‘everything exchange,’ but says clearer rules are needed first

Coinbase Canada's new CEO, Eric Richmond, says permanent rules, rather than temporary exemptions, are needed as the company pushes to expand into derivatives, tokenized assets and decentralized finance.

CoinDesk

Finance

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong criticizes crypto startups that rebrand to AI

Armstrong said blockchain technology acts as a general-purpose infrastructure that will underpin future automation rather than competing with it.

Brian Armstrong speaks at Consensus 2019.

Policy

The SEC settles with Coinbase over its missing Gary Gensler texts

A new court status report reveals the agency will pay a flat fee to resolve a two-year fight over what former Chair Gary Gensler knew about Ethereum.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong at the White House

Finance

BlackRock, Coinbase, Strategy in a new group pledging $15 million to prepare Bitcoin for quantum threats

Members will direct funding independently, with the consortium taking no role in Bitcoin governance or protocol decisions.

Quantum computer demo at IBM office in London. (CoinDesk/Aoyon)