Odaily News — During an international joint anti-fraud operation held in London from October 6 to 9, Coinbase collaborated with the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA), the US Department of Justice's Scam Center Strike Force, and the Tech Against Scams coalition to jointly combat transnational scam networks operating in West Africa. Coinbase's global intelligence team participated in tracking illicit fund flows, assisting in freezing involved assets, and sharing investigative leads in real time.The related scam tactics include fake cryptocurrency investments, impersonating law enforcement officers, and coercing victims into transferring funds through staged video call arrest scenarios. Coinbase stated that as crackdowns on scam compounds in Southeast Asia continue to intensify, some criminal networks are gradually shifting to regions such as West Africa, and the company will continue to cooperate with law enforcement agencies to track cross-border fraud funds.

Odaily News: Primavera, a startup backed by Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam, is planning to enter Venezuela's oil industry and take over operations at multiple local oilfields, with the goal of achieving a production rate of 100,000 barrels of crude oil per day in the near term.Primavera has recently signed multiple contracts with Venezuela's state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. and has hired industry executives from Chevron and Occidental Petroleum to oversee infrastructure construction and boost conventional and heavy oil production capacity. Notably, Ehrsam is also a co-founder of crypto investment firm Paradigm, with a personal net worth of approximately $2.4 billion. In addition to Ehrsam, Primavera's investment team includes Iribarren and former Quantum Energy Partners executive Dheeraj Verma. (Bloomberg)

According to Onchain Lens monitoring, a BlackRock ETF-linked wallet transferred $203 million worth of Bitcoin and Ethereum to Coinbase Prime in the past hour, including 860.393 BTC valued at $71.54 million and 52,488 ETH valued at $131 million.

Odaily News: The 17,733 BTC transferred by the U.S. government to Coinbase Prime is a custody arrangement rather than a sell signal. Of these, 12,267 BTC related to the Bitfinex hack remain under the custodian's control, with only approximately 1,200 BTC potentially being sold.

According to on-chain analyst Ember Monitoring, 3 Pump.fun team or early investor wallets (96HiV4...NKVWM9, ERRGqu...dukdNYa, 85WTuj...RqMD4ERS) transferred 1.458 billion PUMP to Coinbase Prime 5 hours ago, worth $7.58 million. These 3 wallets have an allocation of 70 billion PUMP, which has been unlocking since July. The 1.458 billion PUMP transferred to Coinbase Prime this time represents their unlocked amount for this month.

According to Odaily, Coinbase posted on X that Coinbase Advanced now has access to a new trading engine and offers VIP3 rates, free for the first 30 days.

Odaily reports: Bank of America (BofA) adjusted its price targets ahead of the three trading platforms' third-quarter earnings releases: raising Robinhood's price target from $140 to $156 while maintaining a "Buy" rating; raising Coinbase's price target from $174 to $203 while maintaining a "Buy" rating; and lowering eToro's price target from $46 to $39 while maintaining a "Neutral" rating. The market expects Robinhood's third-quarter revenue to be approximately $1.4 billion with earnings per share of $0.64; Coinbase's revenue to be approximately $1.77 billion with a loss per share of $0.20; and eToro's revenue to be approximately $203 million with earnings per share of $0.40.

Odaily News: Evernorth, a company focused on XRP treasury management, has completed its SPAC merger and plans to list on Nasdaq. The company currently holds approximately $672 million in XRP assets.Evernorth stated that it will increase its XRP holdings through lending, liquidity provision, and other yield strategies, and enhance the amount of XRP corresponding to each share.Additionally, Evernorth has appointed Hugo Jeandesboz, former Co-Chief Investment Officer at Coinbase Asset Management, as Chief Investment Officer, responsible for the company's investment strategy. (The Block)

Odaily: Brian Armstrong posted on X that with the Deribit integration complete, Coinbase's institutional platform capabilities have been further enhanced.

Odaily News: The Texas Business Court ruled on October 2 that the derivative lawsuit filed by shareholder Gary Guillaume against Coinbase directors was dismissed on the grounds that he failed to first submit a written demand to the board of directors. The court stated that the dismissal does not constitute a substantive ruling and made no determination regarding the alleged misconduct; although the substantive claims are assumed to be governed by Delaware law, the standing to sue is governed by Texas law. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong praised the precedent on October 9, saying it encourages more companies to incorporate in Texas.