Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Mar 30, 2026
Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN) is a public financial-services and crypto infrastructure company whose mission is to increase economic freedom. Its platform serves consumers, institutions, and developers through trading, custody, staking, payments, stablecoins, derivatives, prediction markets, and onchain infrastructure. As of September 30, 2025, Coinbase reported $516B of assets on platform, $295B quarterly trading volume, operations in 100+ countries, and 4,700+ employees [Coinbase About].
Primary product
Coinbase’s regulated digital-asset platform: consumer exchange and wallet, Coinbase Advanced, Coinbase One, institutional Coinbase Prime/custody, USDC/staking/payments, derivatives, and Coinbase Developer Platform/Base.
Founded
2012
Headquarters
No formal headquarters; Coinbase says it is remote-first and decentralized. San Francisco is its historic operating base, while Wilmington, Delaware is a registered corporate address [Coinbase 2025 10-K].
Team size
Approximately 4,300–4,700; 4,321 at June 30, 2026, after the May 2026 restructuring; 4,700+ at September 30, 2025.
Work style
Remote
Industry
Financial services
Sub-industry
Cryptocurrency exchange, digital-asset custody, payments, stablecoin and blockchain infrastructure
Offices
Business model
Stage
Public company / post-IPO financing; venture-backed before its April 2021 Nasdaq direct listing
Total raised
$1.8B
Latest round
Post-IPO debt · Mar 2024
Latest amount
$1.1B
Post‑IPO Strategic Investment (Intel)
Aug 2021 · Intel Corporation
May 2021 · (post‑IPO / secondary market)
Dec 2018 · (reported investors)
Oct 2018 · Tiger Global Management
Aug 2017 · IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)
Strategic / Partnership Investment (MUFG)
Jul 2016 · MUFG Bank / Mitsubishi UFJ Capital
Jan 2015 · DFJ Growth
Dec 2013 · Andreessen Horowitz
May 2013 · Union Square Ventures
Sep 2012 · Y Combinator, IDG Ventures
Leadership
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
President and Chief Operating Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief People Officer
Vice President, Institutional Product
Vice President, Head of Consumer Products
Vice President, Engineering; Head of Base and Coinbase Wallet
Chief Technology Officer / Head of Platform
Founders
Co-Founder and Board Director
Investors
Coinbase describes itself as remote-first, mission-first and techno-optimist, with a high-performance “championship team” culture, strong expectations for results, periodic in-person “surges,” and an explicitly apolitical workplace policy focused on the company mission.
Work style
Remote
Visa sponsorship
Limited
Compensation
Public job postings show location-based base salary ranges plus equity and bonus eligibility. One Staff Software Engineer posting listed $218,025–$256,500 base salary; benefits include medical/dental/vision, 401(k), wellness and digital-currency pay options. Public labor-filing aggregators indicate historical H-1B/PERM sponsorship, but sponsorship is role- and location-dependent.
Benefits
Pricing
Variable maker/taker and spread-based transaction fees; Coinbase Advanced uses order-book fees, while simple consumer purchases can include spread and fees. Subscription products such as Coinbase One use recurring fees; custody, staking, institutional and infrastructure pricing varies by product and contract.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
Approximately $5B–$8B annual revenue run-rate; Coinbase reported $5.17B net revenue for the first nine months of 2025 and Q2 2026 revenue of approximately $1.22B. Revenue is highly cyclical.
Estimated monthly visits
26.6M
Coinbase announced a restructuring reducing approximately 700 employees, about 14% of its global workforce, to manage expenses and optimize operations for the AI era; the company recorded approximately $52.4M of restructuring costs in Q2 2026.
SourceAcquired Sentillia B.V., operator of Deribit, for approximately $4.3B, substantially expanding institutional crypto options and derivatives capabilities.
SourceAcquired Gm Echo Ltd (Echo), an onchain capital-raising platform, for approximately $176M in cash and Coinbase stock.
SourceQ2 2026 revenue was approximately $1.22B and GAAP net loss was approximately $359.5M amid weaker crypto prices and trading volumes, although adjusted EBITDA remained positive and market share reached a record 10.3%.
SourceCoinbase and the SEC jointly stipulated to dismissal with prejudice of SEC v. Coinbase, concluding that enforcement case; broader regulatory, cybersecurity, crypto-volatility and competition risks remain material in the company’s filings.
SourceCNBC · Jul 2026
Coinbase reported Q2 2026 revenue of approximately $1.2B and a $359.5M loss; subscription and services revenue was $555M, while transaction revenue was $599M.
Coinbase 8-K / Stock Titan · Jul 2026
The earnings presentation reported record 10.3% crypto trading-volume market share, 4,321 employees after the 14% reduction, and $4.2B–$4.45B 2026 adjusted-expense guidance.
crypto.news · May 2026
Coinbase Financial Markets opened a regulated route for eligible U.S. institutions to access global crypto derivatives, initially including Deribit options.
SEC filing · May 2026
Coinbase announced a reduction of approximately 700 employees, about 14% of its workforce, citing current market conditions and optimization for the AI era.
American Banker · Dec 2025
Coverage of Coinbase launching a suite of crypto technology products and expanded bank partnerships (Standard Chartered, JPMorganChase, PNC) to offer tokenization, business payments, AI advisory tools, and market‑making technology — positioning Coinbase as a marketplace of digital asset services [American Banker](https://www.americanbanker.com/payments/news/coinbase-launches-new-crypto-technology-products)
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