Coinbase to lay off 14% of staff
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Several companies have announced workforce shakeups as more firms rely on AI.
Coinbase will cut roughly 14% of its workforce, citing a combination of market volatility and the how AI is quickly changing how the company operates.
"Over the past year, I've watched engineers use AI to ship in days what used to take a team weeks," Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong wrote.
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong pushes AI-first overhaul, fires 700 people
Coinbase (COIN) is cutting about 700 workers, equal to roughly 14% of its global staff, as CEO Brian Armstrong rebuilds the crypto exchange around AI, lower costs, and smaller teams. The company expects most job cuts to be completed in the second quarter of 2026.
Erik Reppel, who created the x402 protocol, said that the web economy depends heavily on advertising revenue generated from humans. AI agents bypass that system entirely.
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OCTOBER 23: Brian Armstrong, cofounder and CEO of Coinbase speaks onstage during 'Tales from the Crypto: What the Currency of the Future Means for You' at Vanity Fair's 6th Annual New Establishment Summit at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts ...
We are not just reducing headcount and cutting costs, we’re fundamentally changing how we operate,” CEO Brian Armstrong said.
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