Cryptocurrency-linked super PACs, led by Fairshake, have committed more than $200 million to influence 2026 congressional races, according to Public Citizen, surpassing spending by online betting and data-center groups this cycle. Fairshake is backing 33 House candidates across both parties and directing at least $1 million each to six incumbents, including House Financial Services Committee leaders French Hill and Bill Huizenga. Coinbase has been a major funder, contributing $25 million to Fairshake's midterm push after donating $79 million to 2024 races.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-31
Andreessen Horowitz announced it is rebranding its digital asset investing arm from a16z Crypto to a16z Frontier. The unit, led by Chris Dixon alongside general partners Eddy Lazzarin and Guy Wuollet, has raised nearly $10 billion across five funds since 2018 and backed companies like Coinbase. Under its new name, the team will expand beyond crypto to invest in AI, robotics and other emerging technologies, while Dixon says blockchain will remain part of the mix.
techcrunch.com
· 2026-10-22
Webull announced on October 20 that it will offer Bitcoin perpetual futures to its roughly 6 million US clients starting in November. The product, pioneered by crypto exchanges, lets traders hold leveraged long or short positions with no expiration date, using a funding-rate mechanism to keep contract prices aligned with spot Bitcoin. Webull did not disclose specific funding rates, margin requirements, or contract specifications in its announcement.
techreport.com
· 2026-10-22
A group of smaller banking institutions has filed lawsuits aiming to prevent the issuance of national trust charters to cryptocurrency companies such as Coinbase and Ripple. Recently, World Liberty Financial, a firm linked to former President Trump, was granted a conditional trust charter by federal regulators. The legal action seeks to restrict the expansion of crypto firms into traditional banking frameworks.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-10-06
A Senate procedural vote to advance the Clarity Act failed 50-49, short of the 60 votes needed, halting progress on legislation meant to create a comprehensive regulatory framework for digital assets. Republicans had added ethics provisions over the weekend to address Democratic concerns about officials profiting from crypto ventures, but the changes failed to win over enough Democrats, including negotiator Sen. Ruben Gallego, who said the ethics compromise was insufficient.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-15
Bitcoin, XRP and crypto-linked stocks including Coinbase traded lower in premarket sessions as investors awaited a Senate vote on the Clarity Act, legislation that would establish regulatory rules for digital assets. Market sentiment across the sector has turned cautious ahead of the outcome.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-15
A Coinbase engineer created 'Stonkfly,' an open-source simulation of a male fruit fly's brain and eyes containing 166,700 neurons and 25.6 million synaptic connections, and set it loose reading candlestick charts to buy, sell or hold cryptocurrencies. The virtual fly perceives price charts as raw pixel data through simulated photoreceptors, acts roughly every 500 milliseconds, and receives a dopamine-like reward signal for profitable trades and an aversive signal for losses, with trading fees also counted as losses.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-09-12
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told CNBC he expects the Clarity Act to pass the Senate on Sept. 15, citing support from crypto firms, banks and law enforcement groups. He added that even if the bill fails, the SEC and CFTC have signaled readiness to issue their own rulemaking, meaning digital asset oversight will be clarified either way.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-10
Major employers including Accenture, Disney, Meta, JP Morgan, KPMG and Coinbase are now measuring staff AI adoption through leaderboards, training mandates and performance reviews, with some firms firing employees who don't comply. Accenture's CEO has openly stated that career advancement now depends on integrating AI into daily work, while a US consultancy executive describes unofficial pressure to show AI fluency to avoid being sidelined.
bbc.co.uk
· 2026-09-08
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told the Katie Miller Podcast that he views philanthropy as often a 'net negative on the world,' arguing that charitable foundations tend to get 'captured by ideology.' Despite an estimated net worth of $8.7 billion, Armstrong said he has decided not to pursue large-scale giving, contrasting his stance with figures like Bill Gates.
futurism.com
· 2026-08-31
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