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Coinbase slashes 1,000 jobs amid crypto crash: ‘A recession could lead to another crypto winter’

Coinbase chief executive Brian Armstrong blames market conditions and says exchange grew ‘too quickly’ last year

Coinbase chief executive Brian Armstrong
Coinbase chief executive Brian Armstrong Photo: Bloomberg via Getty Images

Coinbase is cutting 1,000 jobs – about a fifth of its employees – amid a meltdown in crypto and a collapse in its share price.

The crypto exchange said in a blog post on 14 June that it would cut 18% of its full-time workers. It has roughly 5,000 employees.

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