No customer-funds hack in our sourced record for Coinbase. Other incidents on record: data breach (2025-05). Regulatory actions in the last 5 years on record: 1.
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No customer-funds hack in our sourced record for Coinbase. Other incidents on record: data breach (2025-05). Regulatory actions in the last 5 years on record: 1.
This page answers “Is Coinbase safe?” only from VaultRubric's sourced record (security incidents, regulatory actions, licensing and protections), as of 2026-10-11. It is not a guarantee: no platform is risk-free, and safety also depends on how you use it (2FA, phishing, backups).
Security & track record: 7.0/10. base 7, +1 regulation/licensing cited, +0.5 insurance cited, −0.5 data breach (2025-05), −1 civil settlement (2023-01)
Overall VaultRubric score across all exchange options we track: 59.3% (data coverage 100%). How incidents are scored · hack cap.
| Date | Type | What happened | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05 | data breach | Bribed overseas support contractors leaked customer data (~69k accounts); no passwords/keys/funds accessed; est. cost up to $400M | www.sec.gov, www.insurancejournal.com |
No customer-funds hack in our sourced record for Coinbase. Other incidents on record: data breach (2025-05). Regulatory actions in the last 5 years on record: 1. No platform is risk-free; see the full record on this page.
Not in our sourced record of customer-funds hacks. Other incidents on record: 2025-05 data breach
Coinbase scores 59.3% across all exchange options we track, with 100% data coverage. See /methodology.