Brief
Crypto exchange and institutional infrastructure provider, operating Base and partnering with Circle on USDC. On May 5, 2026, Coinbase designated Centrifuge a preferred tokenization infrastructure platform and made a strategic investment. For deSPXA and related tokens, Coinbase and Base provide neutral infrastructure, not issuance or investment management.
Primary sources
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- Coinbase and Centrifuge: tokenization collaboration (opens in a new tab)
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- May 5, 2026 strategic investment and preferred infrastructure designation; not an exclusive or mandatory issuance platform.
- deSPXA on Base is restricted to eligible non-US users; Coinbase/Base supplies neutral infrastructure.
- Superstate: CUSHY fund terms (opens in a new tab)
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- Coinbase Asset Management manages CUSHY; Superstate is transfer agent. Subscriptions are monthly and redemptions quarterly.
- Coinbase: digital credit strategy (opens in a new tab)
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- Coinbase confirms the CUSHY strategy and Superstate tokenized-share partnership.
- Coinbase: Nium payments integration (opens in a new tab)
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- The April 21, 2026 announcement describes Coinbase payment infrastructure enabling Nium customers to fund cross-border payouts in USDC with fiat conversion.
Recent activity
Latest moves on the changelog feed.
- May 5, 2026WIRED
Coinbase → Centrifuge. Strategic investment and preferred tokenization infrastructure designation. Centrifuge builds on Base; the announcement does not establish an exclusive issuance platform.
Snapshot
Key terms and identifiers.
- Asset classes
- Equities, Treasuries
- Regulatory
- sec-reg-d, sec-spot-etf, mica, sab-121
- Analytics
- defillama.com/protocol/coinbase
Milestones
How this player got here.
- May 2026Centrifuge named a preferred tokenization infrastructure platform; strategic investment announced
- Feb 2025International Exchange live
- Aug 2024cbBTC launched on Base
- Jan 2024Spot BTC ETF custodian
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Flow
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Dependency
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