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Coinbase stock falls on lower crypto fees over third quarter

CFO blames a less volatile market and says that the wild price swings of October brought the business back

Coinbase Global plunged 13% from an all-time high on the afternoon of 9 November, after revealing a summer slowdown in cryptocurrency trading caused a sales slump.

Coinbase revenue fell in the third quarter by more than 40% from the previous three months, as cryptocurrency trading volumes fell. Coinbase, which offers a signature platform for trading crypto, felt the pain of users not trading to the same levels of previous months.

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