Coinbase's Jesse Pollak steps back from Base app leadership after admitting his crypto social strategy failed
Pollak said that Jordan Fish, also known on X as 'Cobie,' will lead the Base app team. Source：CoinDesk
Cantor and Securitize collaborate on blockchain-based IPOs
The move creates a pathway for public companies to raise capital onchain and issue tokenized securities. Source：CoinDesk
How this small-cap stock picker’s ‘ownership’ approach has helped him beat the Russell 2000
An active value and qualitybased approach can be an advantage in a part of the stock market dominated by index funds. Source：MarketWatch
‘I don’t want to sound callous’: Nobody knows when they’ll die. Don’t base when you claim Social Security on that.
“The actual date of death ultimately affects only the surviving beneficiaries.” Source：MarketWatch
Visa, Mastercard and Ripple back x402 as agent payments average 32 cents
Forty companies now govern x402, the protocol Coinbase built and handed away. It settled about $24 million last month across 75 million payments.…
Over 95% of Coinbase’s code is now written with AI
Coinbase’s Rob Witoff said the company is leaning more on AI to help with execution, but still needs highagency humans for judgment and strategy.…
Velocity raises $38M to build stablecoin treasury infrastructure for enterprises
Backed by Dragonfly, FirstMark and Coinbase Ventures, the startup is expanding software that helps businesses integrate stablecoins into treasury and payment…
JPMorgan says Hyperliquid's rise threatens Circle's USDC economics
Hyperliquid's deal with Circle and Coinbase creates a "prisoner's dilemma" that puts pressure on earnings from the dollarpegged stablecoin. Source：CoinDesk
Coinbase Ventures tops crypto VC list for H1 2026
Coinbase’s venture capital arm leads 2026 crypto investing even as funding withered and unique investors shied away amid the bear market. Source：Cointelegraph
OKX, MetaMask, Matter Labs back dispute resolution court for AI agents
The Genlayer Foundation is leading the 27firm consortium that makes AIbased payments, escrow and dispute resolution interoperable. Source：CoinDesk
Bitcoin's quiet split: Strong in USD, lagging in JPY as Yen rises on intervention fears
A sharp rise in the yen has left bitcoin and other major cryptocurrencies underperforming in yen terms compared with their dollarbased trading pairs.…
Coinbase chief legal officer to transition to advisory role on July 31
The soontobe former chief legal officer did not announce the details of his next move but said that he would continue working with the Board of Coinbase…