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Fighting Scams at the Source: How Coinbase Helped Disrupt Criminal Networks in Southeast Asia

Automating Figma-to-Code at Coinbase

TL;DR: Turning Figma designs into production-ready code is a repetitive part of building software. To address this, we built an AI agent that reads Figma screenshots and writes the corresponding production code. Our first pilot took four days, where the same feature normally takes two to four weeks. The setup has three parts: a reference implementation the agent studies, a rules document that pins down exactly what to generate, and prompt templates that engineers fill in and run. We've published all of it to our internal skills platform so any team can pick it up.

Coinbase invests in ProShares’ GENIUS Money Market ETF, IQMM, to advance stablecoin cash management

TL;DR: Coinbase is investing in ProShares’ GENIUS Money Market ETF, IQMM –  the first money market ETF designed to be eligible for stablecoin reserves under the GENIUS Act. As stablecoins become core to financial infrastructure,the industry needs better ways to manage the money that supports them. In addition to offering a full-stack stablecoin payments solution, Coinbase is supporting tools that can help stablecoins scale responsibly.

Coinbase Powers Stablecoin Acceptance For Checkout.com’s Network of Enterprise Merchants

TL;DR: Checkout.com is launching stablecoin acceptance for eligible merchants in its network of 1,000+ enterprise customers, powered by Coinbase Payments. Consumers can pay in USDC or USDT; merchants continue to settle in USD through Checkout.com's existing rails.

Making Europe’s Crypto Markets More Competitive

TL;DR: The EU has a real opportunity to use the MiCA review to turn early regulatory leadership into lasting competitive advantage. By refining the framework, Europe can drive innovation and investment, support more competitive stablecoin and DeFi markets, preserve access to global liquidity, and build a rulebook that is fit for the next phase of tokenisation and digital asset innovation. Coinbase looks forward to engaging with the European Commission on these priorities.

A postmortem of our May 7, 2026 outage

TL;DR: On May 7, 2026, an AWS thermal event triggered a Coinbase outage. Recovery was delayed by a matching engine locked to the failed zone and a silent failure in AWS's managed Kafka service. Moving forward, we are improving our cross-zone standbys for our low-latency exchange and updating Kafka infrastructure.

Coinbase launches in India with direct INR rails

TLDR: Indian customers can now deposit and withdraw INR directly on Coinbase, access spot and perpetual futures trading, and use the same platform trusted by institutions and traders around the world. Coinbase is registered with FIU-IND and fully compliant with Indian laws.

Expanding TRUST: a privacy-first network for global crypto compliance

TRUST is growing globally. Today, we are announcing major milestones to make global, privacy-first Travel Rule compliance simpler: the launch of TRUSThub, continued international expansion, announcing BNY membership, and a partnership with 21 Analytics to accelerate global connectivity.

Q1 2026 Solana Validator Performance Report