#Coinbase Executives Sell Over $1 Billion in Stock#
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Three Coinbase executives, including CEO Brian Armstrong, co-founder Fred Ehrsam, and COO Emilie Choi, sold over $1 billion worth of COIN stock in 2024. Armstrong sold $636 million, ranking eighth on the list of top 60 stock sales by executives of S&P 500 companies. Saylor sold $410.8 million, ranking thirteenth. Ehrsam sold $203.8 million, including COIN stock sold by his trust and fund Paradigm. Choi sold $186.4 million. These sales put Coinbase seventh on the list of companies with the most insider sales last year.
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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, as executive stock sales are often seen as a bearish signal. Additionally, 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 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 sales 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 needs or concerns about the company's future prospects, but it has also raised concerns in the market about Coinbase's future development.