Coinbase Global, Inc.
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $44.37B
- P/E (TTM)
- –
- Dividend yield
- –
About Coinbase Global
Finance Services, SIC 6199
Coinbase operates a financial platform that enables users to trade, hold, and interact with crypto assets and traditional financial instruments. Its offerings include consumer and institutional trading across spot crypto, stocks, futures, options, and prediction markets through platforms such as the Coinbase Exchange, Coinbase International Exchange, Coinbase Derivatives Exchange, and Deribit. The company also provides the Base Layer-2 blockchain, the self-custodial Base App, prime brokerage, digital asset custody, staking services, token wrapping, institutional financing, and developer tools. Its customer base comprises individual retail consumers, institutional entities such as asset managers and banks, and technology developers.
Coinbase operates as a remote-first enterprise without a designated physical headquarters. As of December 31, 2025, the organization employed 4,951 workers globally. The company maintains licensed trading and custodial operations across international markets, including the United States, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Europe, and Singapore, and secures customer assets through domestic and international cold-storage facilities.
Summary of the business section of Coinbase Global's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Coinbase Global, Inc.
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- New York, NY
- Address
- One Madison Avenue, Suite 2400 10010
- Phone
- (302) 636-5401
- Website
- www.coinbase.com
- Employees
- 4,951, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Finance Services
- Incorporated in
- Texas
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- Deloitte & Touche, LLP, San Francisco, California
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- COIN
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- IPO date
- Apr 14, 2021
- Shares outstanding
- 264M, Jul 23, 2026
- Public float
- $74.20B, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1679788
- CUSIP
- 19260Q107
- ISIN
- US19260Q1076
- LEI
- 5493004G3J2SC154DU06
- EIN
- 46-4707224
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Armstrong | Chairman and CEO, Director | 25,640,431 |
| Alesia J. Haas | Chief Financial Officer | 965,824 |
| Jennifer N. Jones | Chief Accounting Officer | 0 |
| Emilie Choi | President & COO | 791,973 |
| Lawrence J. Brock | Chief People Officer | 21,944 |
| Paul Grewal | Chief Legal Officer | 185,206 |
| Marc L. Andreessen | Director | 1,132,054 |
| Frederick R. Wilson | Director | 188,381 |
| Anthony Armstrong | Director | – |
| Chris Lehane | Director | 3,776 |
| Christa Davies | Director | 20,770 |
| Paul Clement | Director | 2,748 |
| Gokul Rajaram | Director | 11,921 |
| Kelly A. Kramer | Director | 34,919 |
| Frederick Ernest Ehrsam III | Director | 5,525,279 |
| Tobias Lutke | Director | 223,415 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Mr. Armstrong | $9.71M | $37.24M | $16.73M | $69 | $209 |
| FY2024 Mr. Armstrong | $7.24M | $523.64M | $12.04M | $76 | $163 |
| FY2023 Mr. Armstrong | $4.70M | $680.88M | $12.36M | $53 | $120 |
| FY2022 Mr. Armstrong | $7.47M | -$1.36B | $15.92M | $11 | $74 |
| FY2021 Mr. Armstrong | $3.27M | $2.12B | $4.77M | $77 | $115 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, we had 4,951 employees.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2021 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Mar 23, 2021 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |