Coinbase says its blockchain forensics team helped UK police secure five convictions in a violent London crypto kidnapping case, tracing stolen funds in real time and linking wallet activity to suspects. It’s a blunt reminder that blockchain transparency can be a law enforcement weapon — and that crypto wealth can attract criminals who care far […]
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says the U.S. government could one day hold more than $1 trillion in Bitcoin reserves — a staggering idea, but not as far-fetched as it sounds if Bitcoin keeps graduating from speculative asset to sovereign balance-sheet weapon. Armstrong’s view: Bitcoin could become a serious U.S. reserve asset. The upside: BTC offers […]
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Coinbase just put more skin in the game, adding another $88 million worth of Bitcoin in Q1 2026 and lifting its treasury stash to 16,492 BTC. That’s a roughly $1.3 billion bet on the hardest money in the room. $88 million in additional Bitcoin bought in Q1 2026 16,492 BTC now held on Coinbase’s books […]
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Coinbase, Kraken, and Gemini are pressing lawmakers to soften a CLARITY Act rule that could make it much harder for smaller crypto assets to get listed on U.S. exchanges. CLARITY Act fight: Exchanges want the “readily susceptible to manipulation” rule revised Main concern: Low-liquidity tokens may be blocked before they can prove demand Regulatory backdrop: […]
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Major Coinbase Outage Halts Trading After AWS Hardware Issue Coinbase suffered a major trading outage that shoved the exchange into “Cancel Only” mode for hours, just after a disappointing earnings report rattled investors and sent its stock lower. Trading halted: Coinbase froze markets in “Cancel Only” mode AWS problem: A hardware issue in US-EAST-1 triggered […]
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Amazon is previewing Bedrock AgentCore payments, a new Coinbase- and Stripe-backed system that lets AI agents pay for services on the fly. The pitch is straightforward: if software is going to act on its own, it needs a way to spend money without humans playing middleman for every tiny transaction like some exhausted hall monitor. […]
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Morgan Stanley is reportedly moving deeper into crypto trading with pricing meant to undercut the usual retail fee machine, putting Coinbase and Robinhood squarely in the crosshairs. When a Wall Street giant decides the entry ticket to Bitcoin and other digital assets should be dirt cheap, the rest of the market has a problem. Morgan […]
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Washington may finally be getting serious about crypto market structure, and a bipartisan stablecoin compromise has pushed the Clarity Act back into the game. The bill now has a realistic path to the Senate, with supporters even talking about a signature before July 4. Bipartisan breakthrough: Stablecoin yield deal clears the biggest roadblock Fast-moving timeline: […]
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Brian Armstrong just gave the Senate a blunt nudge to move the CLARITY Act forward after lawmakers struck a compromise on stablecoin yield rules. The deal removes a major roadblock, but the bill still has a long congressional obstacle course ahead. Armstrong’s message: “Mark it up.” Stablecoin yield compromise: no bank-like interest, but real usage […]
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XRP is getting a fresh institutional push from Coinbase and GraniteShares, while Pepeto is trying to sell traders on the old “tiny price, giant upside” miracle. Coinbase futures and GraniteShares XRP ETFs are expanding XRP exposure. Spot XRP ETF inflows have stayed positive, with $83.9 million in April net inflows. XRP price prediction chatter now […]
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