SENTINEL Due-Diligence Dossier
Target: Coinbase Global, Inc. Requested as: Coinbase Global Type: company Generated: 2026-07-14T13:59:48.611Z Synthesis: deterministic Dossier ID: dsr_coinbase-global_927a6z
Source integrity. 18/18 claims are backed by 20 cited public sources. 0 uncited claim(s) were dropped by the verifier. Every statement below links to a real, fetched source — nothing is inferred beyond what the cited material says.
⚠️ Risk Flags
No adverse-media or risk-lexicon signals detected in the collected evidence. This is not an all-clear — absence of signal in open sources is not absence of risk.
Identity & Background
- Background (encyclopedic): Coinbase Global, Inc. is an American cryptocurrency exchange. It was founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam. Coinbase has over 100 million users, and is the largest U.S. based cryptocurrency exchange as well as the world's biggest bitcoin custodian, as of 2024. The company operates in more than 100 countries and holds nearly US$516 billion in assets, including nearly 12 percent of all bitcoin in existence and 11 percent of all staked Ether. [E1]
- Regulatory identity: Registrant: Coinbase Global, Inc. · Ticker(s): COIN · SIC industry: Finance Services (6199) · HQ: NEW YORK, NY [E2] (high confidence)
Financial & Regulatory Filings
- Filing on record: 8-K filed 2026-07-09 — Coinbase Global, Inc. [E3] (high confidence)
- Filing on record: 8-K filed 2026-06-18 — Coinbase Global, Inc. [E4] (high confidence)
- Filing on record: 10-Q filed 2026-05-07 — Coinbase Global, Inc. [E5] (high confidence)
- Filing on record: 8-K filed 2026-05-07 — Coinbase Global, Inc. [E6] (high confidence)
- Filing on record: 8-K filed 2026-05-05 — Coinbase Global, Inc. [E7] (high confidence)
- Filing on record: DEF 14A filed 2026-04-24 — Coinbase Global, Inc. [E8] (high confidence)
Recent News & Signals (last 3 months)
- [2026-07-11] Cathie Wood-led ARK Invest Buys Coinbase, Trails Only SpaceX Among Friday's Top Buys - Yahoo Finance [E9]
- [2026-07-11] Cathie Wood Is Buying Coinbase and Circle Stock as the Sell-Off Ramps Up Ahead of the Clarity Act Vote. Here's the Bet. - The Motley Fool [E10]
- [2026-07-14] Coinbase Global: Undergoing A Structural Transformation, No Longer A Bitcoin Proxy - Seeking Alpha [E11]
- [2026-07-14] 'Is the Bitcoin Bottom In?' Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong's Poll Gets a Bearish Answer - Benzinga [E12]
- [2026-07-11] Coinbase CEO has a bold take on the future of AI payments - thestreet.com [E13]
- [2026-07-12] Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Has a New Solution to America's $39 Trillion Debt Problem. (Hint: It Involves Bitcoin.) - Yahoo Finance [E14]
- [2026-06-03] Pre-IPOs Are Launching on Coinbase, Starting with SpaceX - Coinbase [E15]
- [2026-07-13] Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN) Suffers a Larger Drop Than the General Market: Key Insights - Yahoo Finance [E16]
- [2026-07-13] Coinbase (COIN) Stock Looks Cheap After A 60% Fall But Expensive On Earnings - simplywall.st [E17]
- [2026-07-14] JPMorgan Adjusts Price Target on Coinbase Global to $196 From $283, Maintains Overweight Rating - marketscreener.com [E18]
Legal, Litigation & Adverse Media
Open-web adverse-media search not run (no SERPERAPI_KEY). Litigation/sanctions coverage is limited to news + filings above._
Collection Log
Partial collection. 1 source(s) did not return data on this run (GDELT / global news: timeout). Their coverage is MISSING from this dossier, not inferred — treat the sections below as incomplete for those sources.
| Source | Status | Items | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia | ✅ ok | 1 | — |
| SEC EDGAR | ✅ ok | 7 | — |
| OpenCorporates registry | ⏭️ skipped | 0 | set OPENCORPORATES_API_TOKEN to enable global company-registry lookups (officers, incorporation, status) |
| Google News | ✅ ok | 12 | — |
| GDELT / global news | ⌛ timeout | 0 | This operation was aborted (api.gdeltproject.org) |
| Open-web search | ⏭️ skipped | 0 | set SERPER_API_KEY (serper.dev) to enable open-web litigation/sanctions/adverse-media search |
Sources
- [E1] Wikipedia — Coinbase (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:39Z)
- [E2] SEC EDGAR — Coinbase Global, Inc. — EDGAR filer profile (CIK 1679788) (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E3] SEC EDGAR — 8-K filed 2026-07-09 — Coinbase Global, Inc., published 2026-07-09 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E4] SEC EDGAR — 8-K filed 2026-06-18 — Coinbase Global, Inc., published 2026-06-18 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E5] SEC EDGAR — 10-Q filed 2026-05-07 — Coinbase Global, Inc., published 2026-05-07 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E6] SEC EDGAR — 8-K filed 2026-05-07 — Coinbase Global, Inc., published 2026-05-07 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E7] SEC EDGAR — 8-K filed 2026-05-05 — Coinbase Global, Inc., published 2026-05-05 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E8] SEC EDGAR — DEF 14A filed 2026-04-24 — Coinbase Global, Inc., published 2026-04-24 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E9] News — Yahoo Finance — Cathie Wood-led ARK Invest Buys Coinbase, Trails Only SpaceX Among Friday's Top Buys - Yahoo Finance, published 2026-07-11 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E10] News — The Motley Fool — Cathie Wood Is Buying Coinbase and Circle Stock as the Sell-Off Ramps Up Ahead of the Clarity Act Vote. Here's the Bet. - The Motley Fool, published 2026-07-11 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E11] News — Seeking Alpha — Coinbase Global: Undergoing A Structural Transformation, No Longer A Bitcoin Proxy - Seeking Alpha, published 2026-07-14 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E12] News — Benzinga — 'Is the Bitcoin Bottom In?' Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong's Poll Gets a Bearish Answer - Benzinga, published 2026-07-14 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E13] News — thestreet.com — Coinbase CEO has a bold take on the future of AI payments - thestreet.com, published 2026-07-11 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E14] News — Yahoo Finance — Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Has a New Solution to America's $39 Trillion Debt Problem. (Hint: It Involves Bitcoin.) - Yahoo Finance, published 2026-07-12 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E15] News — Coinbase — Pre-IPOs Are Launching on Coinbase, Starting with SpaceX - Coinbase, published 2026-06-03 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E16] News — Yahoo Finance — Coinbase Global, Inc. (COIN) Suffers a Larger Drop Than the General Market: Key Insights - Yahoo Finance, published 2026-07-13 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E17] News — simplywall.st — Coinbase (COIN) Stock Looks Cheap After A 60% Fall But Expensive On Earnings - simplywall.st, published 2026-07-13 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E18] News — marketscreener.com — JPMorgan Adjusts Price Target on Coinbase Global to $196 From $283, Maintains Overweight Rating - marketscreener.com, published 2026-07-14 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E19] News — TIKR.com — Coinbase Stock Trades Well Below Its 52-Week High. Analysts Aren’t Backing Off. - TIKR.com, published 2026-07-13 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
- [E20] News — Moomoo — Rothschild & Co Redburn Adjusts PT on Coinbase Global to $261 From $263, Maintains Buy Rating - Moomoo, published 2026-07-13 (retrieved 2026-07-14T13:59:40Z)
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