If Coinbase liquidates a user's Bitcoin collateral under a loan agreement, it charges a flat fee of 2% of the total transaction value at the time of liquidation.
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This provision establishes a liquidation fee triggered by collateral sale events under Coinbase lending arrangements, creating a fixed cost that applies at the point when a borrower's collateral position is being reduced, potentially compounding financial exposure during adverse market conditions.
The updated fee schedule removes the pre-published 1% fee for instant unstaking and instead discloses the fee only at the moment a user requests to unstake. This means users can no longer review the exact cost before initiating a transaction through the published schedule. The revision also explicitly includes converting a pending standard unstake to an instant unstake as a fee-triggering action. No fee continues to apply if a user waits for the full unbonding period.
View change record →Introduces lending product fee structure with explicit 2% liquidation fee, indicating expansion of Coinbase's financial services offerings.
View full change record →Under this provision, if a user's BTC collateral is sold by Coinbase or an affiliate to satisfy a loan obligation, a 2% flat fee on the total transaction is charged in addition to any other applicable costs. The terms state this authority is exercised as authorized under the applicable loan agreement.
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Compare across platforms →"If you borrow USD from Coinbase or an affiliate of Coinbase and we have to sell your BTC collateral (as authorized under an applicable loan agreement), we will charge a flat fee of 2% of the total transaction.Excerpt from Coinbase's Fee Schedule
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Coinbase's lending and collateral management services may be subject to CFPB supervision depending on product classification and loan volume.
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This provision establishes a liquidation fee triggered by collateral sale events under Coinbase lending arrangements, creating a fixed cost that applies at the point when a borrower's collateral position is being reduced, potentially compounding financial exposure during adverse market conditions.
Under this provision, if a user's BTC collateral is sold by Coinbase or an affiliate to satisfy a loan obligation, a 2% flat fee on the total transaction is charged in addition to any other applicable costs. The terms state this authority is exercised as authorized under the applicable loan agreement.
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