Coinbase has significantly expanded its political and financial advisory network, bringing on high-profile figures, including Chris LaCivita, co-campaign manager for Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid.

Coinbase is taking on power players in politics and finance to advance the exchange’s interests under the Trump presidency.

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Coinbase Global Inc. is adding Chris LaCivita, who was co-campaign manager for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, and former Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley to the largest US cryptocurrency exchange’s global advisory council.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says 1 million new crypto coins are created every week, which makes evaluating each token difficult.

Crypto mobile wallet users reached 36M in Q4 2024, while stablecoin supply surged 18%, reflecting growing mainstream adoption and engagement.

Coinbase executives Jesse Pollak and Paul Grewal took to X (formerly Twitter) to address one of the subjects that have brought major backlash on the exchange — the perceived arbitrariness of its token listing criteria.

Coinbase Global Inc.’s CEO said the company needs to rethink how it lists and evaluates the slew of new tokens getting created each week.

With Gary Gensler's "Wild West" in the rearview mirror, a less combative approach to cryptocurrency looks likely to boost product innovation and investor adoption.

Speaking at a press conference, ECB President Christine Lagarde suggested “liquid, secure and safe“ standards for central banks likely precluded Bitcoin as a reserve asset.

Kyrsten Sinema accepted tens of thousands of dollars from crypto companies while in Congress. Now she’s leveraging those ties as a new adviser to Coinbase, the $73 billion crypto exchange platform.