Insider trade

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong sold about $2.23M of shares under a pre-set plan

Traded Dec 22, 2025 · Filed Dec 23, 2025

CoinbaseCOIN

~$2.23M
Reported value · 8,937 sh @ $249.5498: 22K
Holds after · shares reported: -24.1%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +13.1%, $247.90 → $188.22 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

The boss of Coinbase sold $2.23M of Coinbase shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Sold under a plan set up in advance, so the timing wasn't a fresh decision
Sold 29% of their holdings
Routine for them: 44 sales in the past year
8 insiders at Coinbase sold within a month

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Dec 22, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 23, 2025

CEO$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$2,230,227

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

53 days after results of Oct 30, 2025, 52 days before results of Feb 12, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $247.90 on Dec 22, 2025, 64% above its 52-week low and 41% below its high, after a 20% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $151.47 (Apr 8, 2025) to $419.78 (Jul 18, 2025), 36% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $309.14 on Nov 7, 2025. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Securities lawsuit open at the trade date

A securities lawsuit naming the company as a defendant was filed on Nov 4, 2025 in the U.S. District Court, S.D. New York. A filing is an allegation, not a finding.

5 such cases were open. Heabeart v. Coinbase, Inc., docket 1:25-cv-09197, via CourtListener (court records). Nature of suit 850, company named as first defendant

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-5.7%	-1.2%	-4.4%
30 days	-9.5%	-0.2%	-9.3%
90 days	-24.5%	-5.4%	-19.1%
180 days	-31.2%	+7.8%	-39.1%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001679788-25-000249
Filed / recorded: Dec 23, 2025, 9:14 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 1, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Coinbase Global, Inc.
Issuer CIK: 1679788
Ticker: COIN
Reporting person: Brian Armstrong
Relationship: Director, Officer, 10% owner
Officer title: Chairman and CEO
Security: Class A Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Dec 22, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 8,937
Price per share: $249.5498
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 21,925
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The transactions reported on this Form 4 were effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on August 15, 2025, during an open trading window.
Represents the weighted average sale price. The lowest price at which shares were sold was $249.00 and the highest price at which shares were sold was $249.97.

Around the same time

CFO sold ~$998K of Coinbase

Scheduled in advance9mo ago

CFO sold ~$1.01M of Coinbase

Scheduled in advance9mo ago

9mo ago

2,750Shares

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Why it stands out Official record