regulation
Defend American Jobs, a Fairshake affiliate funded by Coinbase, Ripple and a16z, disclosed about $7M in new ads against Sherrod Brown in Ohio's Senate race — total year-to-date is $46.66M.
infrastructure
Circle's October 16 blog breaks out H1 2026 USDC economics: $1.4B revenue, $819M (59%) to partners and transaction costs, $473M (34%) reinvested, ~7% net margin.
infrastructure
Marqeta and Coinbase announced on October 16 an expanded card partnership; Coinbase custodies the stablecoins and settles on Base, Marqeta issues and processes.
regulation
A New Taipei District Court on Oct. 15 authorised blocks on Coinbase and Kalshi after the Criminal Investigation Bureau cited the Public Officials Election and Recall Act; Nov. 28 local polls loom.
protocol
Coinbase, custodian of about 5% of all BTC, says Bitcoin's quantum migration must begin now. Its design brief favors BIP-360 (P2MR) and P2TRv2, plus a 1-of-2 classical/post-quantum spending path.
on-chain
Arkham data shows ~3,800 BTC and 30,007 ETH — from the Ryan Farace, BTC-e and Brian Krewson cases — reached Coinbase Prime on July 13, testing the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve no-sell posture.