Coinbase expanded the circumstances under which it can liquidate customer assets without notice to cover losses. The updated language adds a new scenario: if a transfer of securities into a customer's CCM account fails or is reversed, Coinbase can now use customer property to make the clearinghouse whole, in addition to the existing authorization covering failures to pay for purchases or deliver sales.
Consumers: Coinbase can now automatically sell your assets to cover clearinghouse losses if an incoming securities transfer fails or gets reversed, without telling you first.
The updated terms expand Coinbase's authority to liquidate customer assets without notice to cover clearinghouse losses. Previously, liquidation was authorized only if you failed to pay for securities purchased or failed to deliver securities sold. The revised language now also permits liquidation if a transfer of securities into your account at CCM fails or is reversed. This means the platform can use your property to cover losses stemming from incoming transfer failures, in addition to settlement failures on your own trades. The authorization continues to require only that CCM make a demand for payment to Coinbase, without notice to you.
ConductAtlas has recorded 7 material changes to this document over 180 days of monitoring (since March 2026). An additional minor or cosmetic changes were excluded.
Across all monitored documents, Coinbase has made 8 significant changes.
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Expanded to permit liquidation without notice for failed or reversed incoming securities transfers, in addition to settlement failures.
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