Tagged: coin

May 10, 2026 @ 5:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The recent disruption at investment platform Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), triggered by a widespread failure at Amazon Web Services (AWS), underscores a persistent vulnerability in the infrastructure supporting major cryptocurrency trading venues. On May 7, 2026, an overheating incident in an AWS data center in Northern Virginia… Read More

May 8, 2026 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) released its Q1 2026 financial results on May 7, showcasing operational strength despite a challenging crypto market. The company reported total revenue of $1.41 billion, missing Wall Street expectations of approximately $1.49–$1.52 billion, and swung to a net loss of $394 million (or… Read More

May 5, 2026 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has announced it will slash employee headcount just days in advance of its Q1 2026 earnings report. According to an email distributed by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, the company will cut its workforce by 14%. At the end of 2025, Coinbase reported 4,951… Read More

October 31, 2025 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) is poised to move higher in early trading following its Q3 earnings release. At this moment, Coinbase are moving  higher. As several other market stalwarts posted solid results last night, momentum will be with the company. Last night, Coinbase reported Q3 revenue of… Read More

August 6, 2024 @ 10:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coin Metrics’ State of the Network has provided comprehensive update on cryptocurrency markets amidst the unfolding global market sell-off as well as an insightful break down Coinbase’s Q2 2024 earnings. During this past weekend, global markets and crypto-assets alike were jolted by a number of… Read More

January 4, 2023 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) will pay $50 million to the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) to settle a “compliance investigation.” Coinbase has been licensed by the regulator to conduct a virtual currency business and money-transmitting business in the State of New York since 2017. DFS… Read More

April 18, 2021 @ 2:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cathie Wood’s ARK funds has reportedly acquired additional shares of digital assets firm Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ:COIN). ARK reportedly made the purchase on Friday (April 16, 2021). The company also sold some of its Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) shares. ARK acquired 187,078 shares of Coinbase, which… Read More

April 20, 2017 @ 5:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

Another credit card replacement company has died. Plastc, a company that raised more than $5 million in 2014 on a presales campaign, posted a backers update stating the company has exhausted all of its options to raise funding it needs to continue. Plastc said it… Read More

May 19, 2016 @ 3:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coin, the one smart card that set out to rule them all, has called it a day in attempting to dominate credit card transactions.  In a release published yesterday, FitBit (NYSE:FIT) announced they had acquired the “wearable payment assets of Coin”.  The deal includes all intellectual property… Read More

February 4, 2016 @ 3:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

COIN, the one card to rule them all, has been slapped with a class action lawsuit filed by Kronenberger Rosenfeld, a San Francisco-based law firm that specializes in internet, tech and media law.  The suit was filed against COIN alleging they “knowingly marketed a defective product”…. Read More

January 6, 2016 @ 10:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

COIN, the credit card replacement that stores digital data to streamline payments, has partnered with MasterCard (NYSE: MA) to provide financial transactions with a group of well-known companies selling wearable tech. COIN, now on its 2.0 iteration, will provide both hardware and software which can be… Read More

December 3, 2015 @ 1:46 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Crowd2Fund has developed one of the first crowdfunding coins, “Smart Money,” exclusively for members of the Crowd2Fund Investor Club, according to the company’s press release. It entitles members to receive a coin about the size of a £2 piece which has an RFID (radio frequency identifier) chip… Read More

August 27, 2015 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

COIN, the “one card to replace them all”, has finally announced its 2.0 version – an improvement in technology that leapfrogs their 1.0 card. COIN ran a super successful pretail crowdfunding campaign by catching the imagination of people interested in leaving their credit/debit cards at… Read More

April 29, 2015 @ 11:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

This one falls under the “Where are they now?” Category. Coin ran an incredibly successful pretail crowdfunding campaign in the Fall of 2013. It really made sense  then: a single card to replace all of your cards that a person typically lugs around in their… Read More

November 23, 2014 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

  COIN, a digital currency card that wowed the masses with a hugely popular pretail crowdfunding campaign that was partnered with a super cool pitch video, is now shipping beta cards to early backers.  In a tweet from the COIN twitter account the company verified… Read More

October 28, 2014 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Plastc Claims Record First Week of Pretail Campaign Selling over $5.2 Million in Secure Digital Cards Plastc, creator of the digital wallet Plastc Card, has revealed the success of its preorder crowdfunding campaign. In the first week of launch, Plastc sold over $5.2 million of… Read More

October 18, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, crowdfunding platform Tilt announced the official launch of Tilt/Open Pre-Orders. It is considered the easiest way to turn any website, such as static, WordPress, Squarespace, SpaceCraft, or any other, into an online store, taking pre-orders, all by dropping in two lines of… Read More

October 12, 2014 @ 8:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Plastc Card wants to replace your wallet with a single digital credit card and they are upping the competition to first mover COIN.  Plastc recently launched a pretail campaign to fund their high tech plastic and they are betting that Apple Pay won’t swamp the… Read More

October 12, 2014 @ 5:52 pm By Giuditta Armiraglio  |  

Indiegogo recently announced the launch of a new pilot program called Forever Funding  that will allow campaigners to raise money indefinitely, a sort of never ending crowdfunding round. If the rewards campaign closes with a successful result the platform gives the organizer the opportunity to… Read More

September 20, 2014 @ 6:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Apple Pay was announced by CEO Tim Cook with much fanfare during his break out “one more thing” presentation delivering new iPhones and the much anticipated Apple Watch.  Apple Pay is no where near as sexy as new hardware but it exemplifies the expanding reach… Read More