Coinbase Review
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Scorecard
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Key Facts
| Founded | 2012[src] |
| Headquarters | No headquarters — remote-first company since May 2020 (per its 10-K, it does not maintain principal executive offices)[src] |
| Listed assets | ~247[src] |
| KYC | Required — Identity verification is mandatory for full use of services under anti-money-laundering laws; US customers must also provide an SSN or ITIN.[src] |
| Payment methods | — |
Fees
Spot maker (base tier)
0.4%
Spot taker (base tier)
0.6%
Coinbase Advanced base tier; maker-taker tiers keyed to 30-day volume, with 0% maker on select stable pairs. Fees differ per sub-platform (simple Coinbase buys are priced separately from Coinbase Advanced).
Full fee schedule (retrieved 2026-08-10)Availability
Services available in 100+ countries/regions across six continents; feature availability varies significantly by country.[src]
Notably unavailable: China, Russia
Security Incident History
2025-05[src]
Attackers bribed overseas third-party support contractors to exfiltrate personal data (names, contact details, partial SSNs, ID images) of roughly 70,000 customers, then demanded a $20M ransom.
Resolution: Coinbase refused the ransom and posted a $20M bounty on the attackers; it estimated $180M-$400M in remediation and reimbursement costs in an SEC filing.
Licenses & Registrations
- MiCA crypto-asset service provider licence (Coinbase Luxembourg S.A., auth. N00000004), passported across the EU — Luxembourg (CSSF)[src]
API & Bot Trading
Advanced Trade API offers REST for order management and account/market data plus WebSocket for real-time streams; official SDKs in Python, TypeScript, Go and Java.[src]