The data point appeared in Coinbase’s original public offering document in 2021, but the company stopped citing it two years later.
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S.E.C. Investigating Whether Coinbase Misstated Its User Numbers
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The SEC's investigation reportedly focuses on Coinbase’s use of the “verified users” metric in its 2021 IPO filings and promotional materials
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Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, publicly claimed in 2022 that the company had 103 million verified users, a figure also cited in securities filings
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