Insider trade

Coinbase's Chief Legal Officer sold about $22K of shares under a pre-set plan

Traded Feb 27, 2026 · Filed Mar 3, 2026

CoinbaseCOIN

~$22K
Reported value · 125 sh @ $176.5254: 79K
Holds after · shares reported: +7.6%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.4%, $175.85 → $189.29 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Coinbase's Chief Legal Officer sold $22K 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
Routine for them: 27 sales in the past year
5 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: Feb 27, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Mar 3, 2026

Officer<$25KPre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$22,066

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

15 days after results of Feb 12, 2026, 69 days before results of May 7, 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 $175.85 on Feb 27, 2026, 25% above its 52-week low and 58% below its high, after a 31% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $141.09 (Feb 12, 2026) to $419.78 (Jul 18, 2025), 12% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $255.86 on Jan 14, 2026. 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	-4.9%	-1.3%	-3.6%
30 days	-16.3%	-3.8%	-12.5%
90 days	-16.7%	+10.9%	-27.6%
180 days	-10.0%	+12.0%	-21.9%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001679788-26-000031
Filed / recorded: Mar 3, 2026, 9:21 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: Paul Grewal
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: Chief Legal Officer
Security: Class A Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Feb 27, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 125
Price per share: $176.5254
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 78,929
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 29, 2025, during an open trading window.
Represents the weighted average sale price. The lowest price at which shares were sold was $176.07 and the highest price at which shares were sold was $177.025.