Coinbase responds to the Federal Reserve on Payment Account reserve requirements, advocating for interest-bearing balances, threshold-based limits, and stronger settlement resilience.

Coinbase responds to the Federal Reserve on Payment Account reserve requirements, advocating for interest-bearing balances, threshold-based limits, and stronger settlement resilience.

Coinbase responds to the CFTC on prediction markets, advocating for clearer “involves” standards, narrower causal-pathway guidance, and orderly delisting procedures.

Coinbase responds to the OCC on stablecoin AML/CFT and sanctions compliance, advocating for a single framework, direct-counterparty scoping, and calibrated supervision.

Coinbase responds to the CFTC on fintech innovation, advocating for an outcomes-based onchain framework, clearer marketing-registration guidance, and continued support for integrated firm models.

Coinbase responds to FinCEN and OFAC on stablecoin AML/CFT and sanctions rules, advocating for a primary-market perimeter, secondary-market carveouts, and civil safe-harbor protections.

Coinbase responds to FinCEN on AML/CFT program modernization, advocating for risk-based flexibility, non-bank parity, and clearer implementation standards.

Coinbase responds to the FDIC on GENIUS Act requirements and standards for FDIC-supervised permitted payment stablecoin issuers and insured depository institutions, urging the agency to hew closely to the statute, avoid extra-statutory restrictions, and align with a more workable, coordinated framework for stablecoin issuance across federal regulators.

Coinbase responds to the U.S. Department of Labor on fiduciary duties in selecting designated investment alternatives for 401(k) plans, calling for a process-based, asset-neutral final rule that expressly accommodates digital asset exposure and provides clearer guidance on valuation, liquidity, custody, benchmarking, and ongoing monitoring.

Coinbase responds to the FDIC on approval requirements for payment stablecoin issuance by subsidiaries of FDIC-supervised institutions under GENIUS, advocating for coordinated and uniform licensing standards, clear application of the “unsafe or unsound” standard, and transparent public application decisions.

Coinbase responds to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on its proposed GENIUS Act rules for permitted payment stablecoin issuers, arguing for a risk-based framework that avoids extra-statutory constraints and enables safe, scalable U.S. dollar stablecoins

Coinbase responds to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on its advance notice of proposed rulemaking for prediction markets and event contracts, arguing for principles-based, CEA-consistent oversight that preserves CFTC’s exclusive jurisdiction, modernizes public interest rules, and ensures equal customer protections across access models.

Coinbase responds to the Federal Reserve Board’s proposed rule on prohibiting the use of reputation risk in bank supervision, supporting a clear, harmonized ban on politicized debanking and alignment with OCC/FDIC rules.

Coinbase responds to the CFTC’s request for comment on retail direct access clearing, supporting a flexible, principles‑based framework that protects customer assets consistently across intermediated and direct models, addresses vertically integrated and hybrid structures within existing rules, and aligns marketing and customer‑protection standards across registrants.

Coinbase responds to OCC on national trust bank chartering, supporting updates and confirming that trust banks may conduct permissible non‑fiduciary banking activities to support innovation.

Coinbase responds to the Fed on the consideration of a new prototype Payment Account, emphasizing usability, commercial viability, and fair treatment of emerging payment providers.

Coinbase responds to the OCC and FDIC joint notice of proposed rulemaking, supporting the elimination of reputation risk entirely from bank supervision and licensing. It calls for a clear limiting principle centered on quantifiable financial/legal risks, greater transparency via FOIA and CSI reforms, and consistent adoption across all federal banking agencies.

Coinbase urges the CFTC to treat stablecoins as cash collateral, preserve vertical integration, and establish clear, workable rules for DeFi derivatives.

Coinbase urges Treasury to implement the GENIUS Act as written: limit the ban on interest only to issuers, exclude non‑financial software, and adopt fit‑for‑purpose tax and cash‑equivalent collateral to onshore stablecoin adoption.

Coinbase urges the US Treasury to modernize the Bank Secrecy Act, create safe harbors for APIs and AI, recognize decentralized ID and zero-knowledge proofs, and elevate know-your-transaction.

Coinbase calls for a regulatory approach that recognizes atomic settlement and vertical integration, strengthening trust and efficiency in U.S. spot crypto markets.

Coinbase and Strategy Incorporated urge Treasury to exclude unrealized crypto gains and losses from CAMT, citing constitutional concerns, global accounting disparities, and risk to digital asset innovation.

Coinbase supports the CFTC’s exploration of 24/7 trading, sharing insights form our launch of around-the-clock BTC and ETH futures trading and highlighting the importance of regulatory flexibility to support evolving market demand.

Coinbase advocates for a flexible regulatory approach to perpetual futures, emphasizing their importance to crypto market integrity, retail access, and U.S. competitiveness in global derivatives markets.

Coinbase’s comprehensive response to the SEC’s Crypto Task Force Statement, offers recommendations on digital asset regulation, including token classification, custody rules, trading platforms, and spot ETPs.

Coinbase fordert die FDIC auf, ihre vorgeschlagene Regel zur Aufbewahrung von Aufzeichnungen zu ändern und staatlich regulierte Verwahrkonten auszuklammern, um doppelte Compliance-Belastungen zu vermeiden. So kann regulatorische Klarheit und die Angleichung an die Standards auf staatlicher Ebene sichergestellt werden.

Coinbase und MicroStrategy fordern das Finanzministerium auf, die CAMT-Regeln zu ändern und nicht realisierte Krypto-Gewinne bzw. ‑Verluste vom steuerpflichtigen Einkommen auszuschließen, um Fairness, Marktstabilität und die Einhaltung verfassungsrechtlicher Grundsätze zu gewährleisten.

Coinbase comments on proposed Form and Instructions for 1099-DA (September 2024 version).

Coinbase comments on the final regulations on the specific identification of digital asset units taxpayers are selling.

Coinbase responds to U.S. Treasury's Request for Information regarding the uses, opportunities, and risks of AI in financial services.

Coinbase critiques the CFTC's proposed rule to ban certain event contracts by broadly defining "gaming." It argues this approach overreaches statutory authority, threatens innovation, and overlooks the economic value of prediction markets, urging a withdrawal of the rule.

Coinbase comments on proposed Form 1099-DA and the accompanying Notice.

Coinbase responds to the CFTC’s request for comment on the uses of artificial intelligence and machine learning by CFTC-regulated entities.

Coinbase’s response to the SEC’s request for comment, supporting the approval of ETHE on the NYSE.

Grant Rabenn, Director of Financial Crimes Legal for Coinbase, testifies about the need for crypto and blockchain innovation in the U.S., and the critical role of the private sector in combating illegal activity, before the House Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion.

Coinbase responds to an invitation for comments from the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (“DFPI”) on a proposed licensing rulemaking under the Digital Financial Assets Law.

Coinbase comments on the IRS proposed tax broker reporting rules, and explains why the rules would be unduly burdensome.

Coinbase responds to its July 2022 Petition for Rulemaking, and discusses the SEC's treatment of staking, in light of statements made by the agency regarding staking as a service.

Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer at Coinbase, testifies about the critical need for new rules for crypto before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion.

Coinbase responds to a request for comment from the Office of Science and Technology Policy on additional research that can be done on crypto and blockchain technology.

Coinbase responded to its July SEC Petition for Rulemaking with a comment proposing a framework for digital asset securities.

Coinbase’s response to the U.S. Treasury Department’s request for comment, explaining why blockchain technology enables far more effective disruption of illicit finance and compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) regulations.

Coinbase’s response to the FEC’s proposed rulemaking, asking for for more clarity on how citizens can contribute to political campaigns using crypto.

Christine Parker, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Regulatory Legal at Coinbase, testifies on the importance of developing a comprehensive, robust regulatory regime for digital assets.

Coinbase's response to the U.S. Treasury Department’s request for comment on “Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets” (the RFC).

Coinbase's response to the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation's ("DFPI") invitation for comments on crypto-asset related financial products and services under the California Consumer Financial Protection Law.

Our formal request for a workable crypto securities regulatory framework.

Coinbase explains why leading on crypto is central to US global tech leadership and competitiveness.

John Kothanek, Vice President for Global Intelligence at Coinbase, testifies on the role of crypto in combating terrorism and criminal activity.

Get our take on the Federal Reserve’s discussion paper on a potential U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

Coinbase's response to the SEC's request for comment on amendments to Rule 3b–16 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 regarding the definition of “exchange” and alternative trading systems.

Coinbase’s response to the SEC’s request for comment, supporting the approval of GBTC on the NYSE.

Coinbase CFO Alesia Haas testifies on the benefits of decentralized technology.