🔴 Coinbase is back in court — investors accuse the exchange of data concealment and leakage
— A class action has been filed against Coinbase (COIN) — shareholders accuse the exchange of losing money due to the leakage of user data and a hidden conflict with the British regulator (FCA) 📉
— It is claimed that the incident involving bribery of support staff led to data leaks and a 7.2% drop in stock price (to $244)
— Later, the shares bounced back to $266, but over the last week they fell again to $263 (-3.2%)
📎 Interesting:
— Coinbase has already received 7 lawsuits just this month
— Potential compensations could reach $400 million
— The FCA previously fined the exchange in Britain $4.5 million for working with "high-risk clients"
— The initiator of the lawsuit claims: Coinbase has been concealing risks and misleading investors since its IPO in 2021
📉 Market impact — locally negative for centralized exchanges, especially considering the growing interest in DEX against the backdrop of the Hyperliquid story.
Historical fact: in 2021 Coinbase became the first publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange in the U.S. Now — one of the most sought after.
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