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Bringing Approval Phishing Scammers to Justice: How Coinbase Partnered with International Law Enforcement to Protect Thousands of Victims

TLDR: Our Global Intelligence team partnered with the U.S. Secret Service, the UK's National Crime Agency, the Ontario Provincial Police, Canada's Ontario Securities Commission and other partners on a coordinated sprint to identify and protect victims of approval phishing — a scam that tricks people into unknowingly granting criminals full access to their crypto wallets. Together, we helped freeze over $12 million in stolen funds; identify 20,000 victims across the crypto ecosystem; and where possible, take steps to protect them from further thefts.

Scaling Ethereum ETP Staking: Bridging Protocol Mechanics and Institutional Finance

Consumer Protection Tuesday: Phishing Attacks Explained

Accelerating CX Agent Ramp-Up with an AI-Powered Case Grading Assistant

TL;DR: We built an AI-powered Case Grading Assistant that reduces trainee case review time from ~90 minutes to ~20 minutes – while maintaining human oversight and full auditability. The system uses comparison-based grading (evaluating agent work against known-good reference cases) via LLMs, minimizing hallucination risk and improving consistency at scale. Key insight – anchoring evaluations to explicit reference cases and rubrics enabled faster reviews while supporting more consistently calibrated outcomes.

Modernizing the tax code to meet America’s next era of financial innovation

The United States is building the world’s most comprehensive digital asset regulatory framework. Congress has already passed the GENIUS Act, and lawmakers are now advancing market structure legislation through the CLARITY Act. But one critical piece of the puzzle is still missing: the tax code.

Scaling Coinbase's Payout Infrastructure

TL;DR: Coinbase processes over a billion payout transactions a year across staking rewards, USDC rewards, and Coinbase One benefits. We’re sharing the evolution of our Payout Framework—from the limitations of synchronous processing to a high-throughput async architecture that handles rewards across dozens of assets with precision.

Consumer Protection Tuesday: DarkSword iPhone Exploit - What You Need to Know & How to Stay Safe

Coinbase Launches Stock Perpetual Futures

TL;DR Coinbase has launched stock perpetual futures for eligible traders outside the US, providing 24/7 leveraged synthetic exposure to US stocks on a regulated, centralized platform. This expansion of our global derivatives offering aims to meet the growing demand for continuous equities exposure.

Distributed Proofs of Possession: Proving Key Ownership Without Exposing Keys