Coinbase · Governance

Policy Drift Analysis Mixed 6 mo

How Coinbase's governance documents and clauses have shifted over time, by document, provision, and change direction.

Coinbase has made 25 significant policy changes since monitoring began in March 2026 (6 mo). 6 were negative for consumers, primarily involving fee change. 1 was positive, strengthening consumer protections.
Meaningful only Showing all changes including minor
25
Changes
6
Negative
1
Positive
18
Neutral
1
High Severity
Negative (24%) Positive (4%)

Documents Affected

Coinbase User Agreement
11 changes
This agreement governs your use of Coinbase's digital asset services and gives Coinbase broad power to suspend or close your account at any time, for any reason, without warning. Once …
Sep 3, 2026
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 …
medium negative
+ 10 more changes
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Coinbase Privacy Policy
8 changes
This document explains what personal information Coinbase collects about you, how it uses and shares that information, and your rights over it. Coinbase collects sensitive data including biometrics, government IDs, …
May 28, 2026
Coinbase updated its privacy policy on May 28, 2026 with minor corrections to language and references. The changes include fixing quotation mark formatting around 'European …
low neutral
+ 7 more changes
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Coinbase Fee Schedule
6 changes
Coinbase charges fees every time you buy, sell, convert, or send cryptocurrency, and builds a spread into quoted prices on simple orders. If you stake cryptocurrency, Coinbase takes 35% of …
Sep 9, 2026
Coinbase added explicit disclosure of fees for limit orders on its platform. The updated language states that simple limit orders on crypto incur a separate …
low neutral
+ 5 more changes
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All Changes (25)

Sep 9, 2026
Coinbase added explicit disclosure of fees for limit orders on its platform. The updated language states that simple limit orders on crypto incur a separate 1% limit order execution fee, …
low neutral Coinbase Fee Schedule
Sep 3, 2026
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 …
medium negative Coinbase User Agreement
Aug 2, 2026
Coinbase's fee schedule document was reorganized to include navigation breadcrumbs (Help Center, Trading and funding) in the header detected on August 2, 2026. The substantive fee disclosure language—including the statement …
low neutral Coinbase Fee Schedule
+ 22 more changes
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Trend Observation

Coinbase's most frequent change categories are Fee change (3), Rights removal (3), Disclosure requirement change (2). The most frequently updated document is Coinbase User Agreement with 11 changes. Get alerted when Coinbase changes policy →

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