BIZARRE: 41 | Mind Blowing Facts

Former Coinbase employee who tried to flee the U.S. sentenced to two years in prison for his role in the first cryptocurrency insider trading case

The former employee, Ishan Wahi, tried to leave the U.S. for India after Coinbase asked him for a meeting.

Fortune · May 9, 2023

Coinbase is trying a novel legal strategy against the SEC. Will it work?

The exchange points out that the SEC blessed its bid to go public—but is now saying its business is illegal.

Fortune · May 8, 2023

Coinbase, the comeback kid: Q1 earnings bring good news, but the company faces an uphill slog

Coinbase posted its first encouraging earnings report in a long time but the company is not out of the woods yet.

Fortune · May 5, 2023

Former Coinbase employee who nearly fled the U.S. for India asks for lighter sentence after changing plea from 'not guilty' to 'guilty'

Ishan Wahi has depleted his savings in funding his defense, and he reportedly owes relatives hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Fortune · Apr 26, 2023

Google Cloud partners with Alchemy, Nansen, Solana, and slew of crypto firms to establish Web3 startup program

The tie-ups build on past Web3 partnerships the cloud provider has formed in the past year.

Fortune · Apr 25, 2023

Coinbase just sued the SEC. Just because the company is right doesn't mean it will win

Coinbase's decision to sue the SEC comes at a time when the company's back is against the wall.

Fortune · Apr 25, 2023

Chamath Palihapitiya: 'Crypto is dead in America' thanks to regulators

“The United States authorities have firmly pointed their guns at crypto,” the investor said in a podcast episode released Saturday.

Fortune · Apr 25, 2023

New Coinbase court challenge adds to mounting legal battle: 'We're absolutely convinced the SEC is violating the law'

The firm says the SEC ignoring its petition from July amounts to a "pocket veto."

Fortune · Apr 25, 2023

Celsius auction set for Tuesday, Coinbase and Gemini join bidding for bankrupt firm

The sale of Celsius—the crypto lender that was seeking a valuation of over $7 billion when it collapsed last June—took a number of twists this weekend as a bankruptcy filing revealed that two new consortiums will take part in a three-way auction for the company that is set for this…

Fortune · Apr 23, 2023

The Winds of Change Could be Blowing Cryptos Way

The implosion of Terra Luna and its stablecoin UST caused massive financial losses for lending protocols and led to increased regulatory scrutiny and political opposition, but there are advocates in Congress pushing for digital assets and consumer choice, and recent stabilization in the crypto industry suggests a new uptrend for…

Barchart · Apr 21, 2023