by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on allegations of violating federal securities law.
The shares slid as much as 20% at the open before retracing some of the loss to trade 15% lower at $47.10 as of 10:07 a.m. in New York , according to TradingView prices. Major shareholders of Coinbase include The Vanguard Group, Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest, Nikko Asset Management, Fidelity and BlackRock.to its ARK Innovation ETF . The funds held a total of about 11 million shares as of Monday, according to data on the ARK Invest website.
The SEC said Coinbase was operating as an unregistered broker, exchange and clearing agency simultaneously, accusing it of soliciting customers, handling orders, allowing for bids and acting as an intermediary all at once. “The legal fight will be long and costly for Coinbase, but it might be difficult to argue and prove that they didn't commingle and unlawfully offer exchange, broker-dealer, and clearinghouse functions,” Edward Moya, a senior markets analyst at Oanda, said., the biggest crypto exchange globally, for similar reasons. Coinbase shares lost 9% on Monday.
Both had received a warning earlier this year in from of a Wells Notice. Coinbase responded to the notice in April, refuting the SEC’s allegations.
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