Coinbase's rough week 😬

The crypto exchange posted a $394 million loss in Q1, days after slashing 14% of its workforce—and got hit by outages Friday morning.

Author

Stephen Graves
May 08, 2026

📝 What you need to know

Crypto exchange Coinbase is having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week. Yesterday, it reported a surprise $394 million loss—its second consecutive quarterly loss—after transaction revenues plunged by 40% amid market volatility. The news dropped just days after CEO Brian Armstrong announced that it was cutting its workforce by 14%, citing market conditions and a push for AI optimization.

To compound matters, the exchange was hit by outages Friday morning as a result of Amazon Web Services failures across “multiple zones.”

At least they have the weekend to look forward to. Oh wait, crypto is 24/7…

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