Coinbase, Ransom and Cybercriminals
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said on X that the crypto exchange had been targeted in a sophisticated extortion attempt involving insider collusion and customer data theft. Armstrong said hackers tried to bribe Coinbase’s overseas customer support agents for access to internal tools,
The cryptocurrency sector declined 4% on Thursday, with aggregate market capitalization hovering precariously above the $3.4 trillion mark. Top altcoins XRP, Solana and Cardano booked losses higher than the market average, with the more resilient performance of BTC and ETH signaled a flight-to-quality trade.
Coinbase Canada CEO Lucas Matheson passionately argued that Canada’s newly elected Liberal government needs to embrace cryptocurrency—hours after his company revealed it was the latest Web3 victim of a potential multi-million-dollar cyberattack.
Institutional demand for Bitcoin is growing, as Coinbase, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, recorded its highest daily outflows of Bitcoin in 2025 on May 9. On May 9, Coinbase saw 9,739 Bitcoin (BTC),
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong discusses ongoing acquisitions strategy post-Deribit purchase, focusing on global opportunities and growth.
The crypto market is abuzz with significant developments, from security concerns to market predictions. A recent report revealed that Tether's delayed blacklist
JP Morgan expects Bitcoin to outperform gold in the rest of the year due to catalysts such as favourable US regulations and company interests
Coinbase joins the S&P 500, bringing nearly $1B in Bitcoin onto the world’s most tracked index—and marking a turning point for corporate Bitcoin treasury strategy.
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Cryptopolitan on MSNCoinbase skipped $54B Bitcoin bet that sent Strategy soaring 3,000%Coinbase Global Inc., one of the largest US cryptocurrency exchanges, revealed it once considered a high-stakes Bitcoin buying strategy similar to that of Michael Saylor, the founder of Strategy. However,