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Markets

The crypto honeymoon is over for now as analysts warn of a major first-quarter profit squeeze

Several major investment firms have preemptively downgraded Coinbase and other platforms as a sharp drop in trading activity and falling token prices threaten to derail upcoming first-quarter earnings results.

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Tech

Crypto's 'AWS' Alchemy unveils tool to make AI payment systems talk to each other

Alchemy’s AgentPay addresses the problem that the agentic payment systems currently coming online don’t talk to one another.

Alchemy CTO Guillaume Poncin (Alchemy)

Policy

Coinbase wins initial bank regulator nod for trust charter, boosting custody push

Coinbase’s conditional OCC approval moves it closer to operating as a federally regulated crypto custodian, pending compliance and final review.

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Tech

Coinbase’s AI payments system joins Linux Foundation, gathers support from Google, Stripe, AWS and others

The Coinbase-engineered agentic commerce protocol x402 has garnered support from a long list of big names like Google, Cloudflare and Stripe.

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Tech

Coinbase’s Base to focus on tokenized markets, stablecoins, developers this year

The move comes as the chain distances itself from Optimism technology and toward in-house infrastructure as it seeks greater independence and scale.

Coinbase CEO, Brian Armstrong, at Consensus 2019 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Bernstein says the 60% crash in crypto stocks is a rare chance to buy the dip at a 'big' discount

The broker said crypto equities trading at steep discounts are approaching a floor into weak first-quarter results, revising price targets on Coinbase, Robinhood and Figure.

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Policy

Coinbase survey finds over half of investors don’t understand crypto tax

The 2026 Crypto Tax Readiness Report, done with CoinTracker, found that only 49% correctly understand that crypto is taxable anytime it is sold.

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Finance

GameStop turned its $368 million bitcoin stash into an options income play

The video retailer sparked speculations of selling bitcoin after it transferred nearly all its coins to Coinbase Prime in January.

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Finance

Coinbase, Fannie Mae bring crypto-backed mortgages to homebuyers

The crypto exchange is working with financial technology mortgage firm Better, a Fannie Mae-approved mortgage seller.

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Policy

Market structure bill compromise draws wide-ranging reaction from fractured crypto crowd

The yield agreement, seen as a step toward finally advancing the stalled market structure bill, hasn't yet fully won industry support.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong at the White House