#Coinbase Executives Sell Over $1 Billion in Stock#
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Three Coinbase executives sold over $1 billion worth of COIN stock in 2024, with CEO Brian Armstrong selling $636 million, co-founder Fred Ehrsam selling $203.8 million, and COO Emilie Choi selling $186.4 million. This puts Coinbase at number seven on the list of top 60 insider stock sales among S&P 500 companies, trailing only companies like Amazon, Walmart, Palantir, Meta, Nvidia, and Salesforce.
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Three Coinbase executives sold over $1 billion worth of COIN stock in 2024. CEO Brian Armstrong sold $636 million, ranking eighth; co-founder Fred Ehrsam sold $203.8 million, ranking twenty-second; and COO Emilie Choi sold $186.4 million, ranking twenty-third. These sales have raised concerns about Coinbase's future prospects and reflect the challenges facing the cryptocurrency industry in 2024. Notably, MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor also sold $410.8 million worth of stock in 2024, ranking thirteenth, further fueling market concerns about the cryptocurrency industry.
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Coinbase executives sold a large amount of company stock in 2024, totaling over $1 billion, including CEO Brian Armstrong who sold $636 million, ranking eighth, co-founder Fred Ehrsam who sold $203.8 million, ranking twenty-second, and COO Emilie Choi who sold $186.4 million, ranking twenty-third.
Coinbase ranked seventh on the 2024 insider trading sales leaderboard with a total of $1.25 billion, trailing only companies like Amazon, Walmart, Palantir, Meta, Nvidia, Salesforce, and Oracle.
Cryptocurrency industry executives stood out on the 2024 S&P 500 and other major company executive stock sale list, with four crypto industry executives making the top 25, including executives from Coinbase and MicroStrategy.
Executive stock sales may be due to personal financial planning or a pessimistic market outlook, but it has also raised concerns about Coinbase's future prospects.