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This provision establishes Coinbase's operational authority to interrupt or terminate service delivery unilaterally based on its own assessment of reputation risk, legal compliance obligations, suspected user conduct, or automated system alerts. The immediate effect provision means account restrictions can occur without prior notice.
The updated terms establish a new arrangement for USDC designated as 'Secured USDC' in connection with the Coinbase One Card. Under the revised language, if you designate USDC in your wallet as Secured USDC, you agree that Coinbase may transfer that amount to a third party designated as the secured party, and you will be restricted from withdrawing or transferring those funds. Additionally, the secured party's instructions to Coinbase regarding those assets take priority over any conflicting instructions you provide. The agreement states that you consent to all such permitted transfers. This arrangement operates independently of amounts owed to Coinbase, meaning Secured USDC will not be debited to satisfy debts you owe to Coinbase.
View change record →The updated terms eliminate language that previously allowed Coinbase to restrict your withdrawals if you designated USDC as Secured USDC and to comply with third-party secured party instructions without your consent. Under the revised agreement, Coinbase will not transfer, loan, or otherwise handle your Supported Digital Assets except as required by law or as you instruct. This means the One Card Secured USDC mechanism is no longer integrated into the core asset protection clause, and users no longer face withdrawal restrictions or loss of instruction authority tied to that designation. If you currently hold Secured USDC under a separate One Card cardholder agreement, that agreement remains in effect but is no longer cross-referenced in the main User Agreement's asset protection section.
View change record →The updated terms establish a new exception to the prior prohibition on transferring user digital assets. Previously, Coinbase stated it would not transfer assets except as required by law or per user instruction. The revised language now permits Coinbase to transfer USDC designated as 'Secured USDC' to third parties pursuant to a Coinbase One Card cardholder agreement. Users who elect to use this feature agree they will be restricted from withdrawing or transferring the secured portion, and they consent to Coinbase following instructions from a designated secured party without further user approval, even if those instructions conflict with the user's own orders to Coinbase. The full terms of this arrangement are stated to be in Appendix 4, which is not included in this summary.
View change record →Users' continued access to their accounts and ability to execute transactions remain subject to Coinbase's unilateral suspension or termination authority based on the specified conditions. Account deactivation can occur immediately upon Coinbase's determination that any ground is satisfied.
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"Coinbase may: (a) refuse to complete, or block, cancel or reverse a transaction you have authorized, (b) suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to any or all of the Coinbase Services, and/or (c) deactivate or cancel your Coinbase Account with immediate effect for any reason, including but not limited to where: we reasonably believe we need to do so in order to protect our reputation; we are, in our reasonable opinion, required to do so by applicable law or any court or other authority to which we are subject in any jurisdiction; we reasonably suspect you of acting in breach of this Agreement; we reasonably believe that you have provided us with false or misleading information; or activity on your Coinbase Account is flagged by our risk and compliance systems.— Excerpt from Coinbase's Coinbase User Agreement
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This provision establishes Coinbase's operational authority to interrupt or terminate service delivery unilaterally based on its own assessment of reputation risk, legal compliance obligations, suspected user conduct, or automated system alerts. The immediate effect provision means account restrictions can occur without prior notice.
Users' continued access to their accounts and ability to execute transactions remain subject to Coinbase's unilateral suspension or termination authority based on the specified conditions. Account deactivation can occur immediately upon Coinbase's determination that any ground is satisfied.
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