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Coinbase Shares Drop Amid Bitcoin Price Decline
NEW YORK, NY – Shares of Coinbase, a leading blockchain infrastructure company, fell 7.4% on Monday afternoon as a decline in Bitcoin‘s value impacted the broader cryptocurrency market. The drop in Bitcoin, which reached a six-month low, reflected negative sentiment that weighed heavily on shares of Coinbase.
As the price of Bitcoin dropped, so did the stock prices of companies like Coinbase, which rely heavily on trading activity in cryptocurrencies. The cryptocurrency market often experiences significant fluctuations, and today’s movement was particularly marked as Bitcoin fell below $90,000 for the first time in months.
Over the past year, Coinbase’s shares have shown volatility, with 53 moves greater than 5%. Monday’s decline signifies that the market considers current news important but does not view it as fundamentally altering Coinbase’s business outlook. Just three days earlier, Coinbase shares gained 2% following a series of positive announcements from the company.
Those announcements included a partnership with the prediction market platform Kalshi to use USDC stablecoin for transactions and plans to acquire a minority stake in DCX Global, an Indian crypto exchange, signaling an expansion into a key market. Despite the latest stock price drop, Coinbase is up 1.3% since the beginning of the year.
Currently, Coinbase is trading at $260.60 per share, which is 37.9% below its 52-week high of $419.78 reached in July 2025. Investors who acquired $1,000 in Coinbase shares at its IPO in April 2021 would see their investment valued at approximately $793.83 now.
The market remains cautious as tech stocks, including those related to cryptocurrency, continue to exhibit considerable volatility amid broader investment uncertainties.
