Brian Armstrong
Chief executive and chair, Coinbase
Brian Armstrong is a chief executive and chair at Coinbase. Their most recent Section 16 filing is from January 2026.
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Money
Coinbase Has Six Days to Turn 25-Year Index Futures Into True Perpetuals
A CFTC staff letter lapses on October 20, giving US exchanges days to strip far-off expiration dates from stock-index contracts built to trade like perpetuals. Coinbase needs the volume: revenue has fallen in five of the last six quarters.
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Money
Coinbase and Robinhood's futures brokers hold $581 million, more than all six US forex dealers' $470 million
CFTC filings put the futures brokers of Coinbase and Robinhood at $581 million of segregated client money in August, past the entire $470 million US retail forex pool, and the rule the CFTC proposed on October 5 would route US retail crypto leverage through exactly that channel.
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Money
CFTC registers Coinbase Clearing, completing a derivatives stack that now includes the $2.9 billion Deribit
The regulator has registered Coinbase Clearing LLC, ending Coinbase's dependence on Nodal Clear and completing a broker, exchange and clearinghouse stack under one roof, days after the $2.9 billion Deribit integration went live. Coinbase keeps the middlemen's fees and inherits their risk.
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Money
Coinbase's futures just stopped expiring. CME's still do.
A CFTC division letter now lets any US futures exchange delete the expiration date on stock-index perpetuals, with conversions due by October 20. The single-stock filings everyone is waiting on are still pending, and CME is already in court against the regime.
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Money
Coinbase now clears its own derivatives, with no default fund behind them
The CFTC registered Coinbase Clearing LLC on 28 September, completing an exchange-broker-clearer stack that rival Kraken's parent paid $550 million to buy its way into. The licence covers only fully collateralized contracts, so leveraged products still clear, and default, elsewhere.
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Deals
Coinbase Brings Retail Into IPOs With a Deal That Is 73% Insider Exit
Eligible US customers can now request IPO shares inside the Coinbase app, starting with Oura this week. The first deal through the funnel hands existing holders about $1.61 billion of a $2.2 billion raise, and the retail bids at $40 to $44 are the buy side of that exit.
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