Coinbase Global Inc. has seen its stock price drop as it hits a 20-day low, reflecting concerns over rising scams in the cryptocurrency space.
The company reported a staggering 1,400% increase in impersonation scams over the past year, with scammers utilizing AI technology to enhance their tactics. This alarming trend has prompted Coinbase to emphasize the importance of user vigilance and its ongoing investments in security measures to protect user assets. The urgency created by these scams has raised awareness among users, but the negative sentiment surrounding security issues has contributed to the stock's decline.
As Coinbase navigates these challenges, the focus on user education and security measures will be crucial in restoring confidence among its user base and potentially stabilizing its stock price.
Wall Street analysts forecast COIN stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for COIN is 361.63 USD with a low forecast of 230.00 USD and a high forecast of 440.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
25 Analyst Rating
Wall Street analysts forecast COIN stock price to rise over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for COIN is 361.63 USD with a low forecast of 230.00 USD and a high forecast of 440.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
17 Buy
7 Hold
1 Sell
Moderate Buy
Current: 213.480
Low
230.00
Averages
361.63
High
440.00
Current: 213.480
Low
230.00
Averages
361.63
High
440.00
Cantor Fitzgerald
Ramsey El-Assal
Overweight
initiated
$277
2026-01-26
New
Reason
Cantor Fitzgerald
Ramsey El-Assal
Price Target
$277
AI Analysis
2026-01-26
New
initiated
Overweight
Reason
Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Ramsey El-Assal assumed coverage of Coinbase with an Overweight rating and $277 price target. The company is evolving into an "Everything Exchange", expanding beyond spot crypto trading into a multi-product financial platform, the analyst tells investors in a research note. While volatile exchange volume remains the key revenue driver, Cantor expects Coinbase's growing mix of subscription and services revenue to enhance operating leverage and support more consistent earnings as the crypto ecosystem matures, the firm added.
Barclays
Equal Weight
downgrade
$291 -> $258
2026-01-08
Reason
Barclays
Price Target
$291 -> $258
2026-01-08
downgrade
Equal Weight
Reason
Barclays lowered the firm's price target on Coinbase to $258 from $291 and keeps an Equal Weight rating on the shares. The firm updated the company's model ahead of the Q4 report. Coinbase's Q4 saw softer trading volumes, mixed crypto asset prices, and decelerating USDC growth, the analyst tells investors in a research note.
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BofA
Neutral -> Buy
upgrade
$340
2026-01-08
Reason
BofA
Price Target
$340
2026-01-08
upgrade
Neutral -> Buy
Reason
BofA upgraded Coinbase to Buy from Neutral with an unchanged price target of $340.
BofA
Neutral -> Buy
upgrade
$340
2026-01-08
Reason
BofA
Price Target
$340
2026-01-08
upgrade
Neutral -> Buy
Reason
As previously reported, BofA upgraded Coinbase to Buy from Neutral with an unchanged price target of $340. The stock is off 40% from its July highs, but under the surface of the Q4 crypto correction the company's product velocity has increased and its total addressable market expanded in parallel, the analyst tells investors. Coinbase last month detailing its expansion into stock/ETF trading and prediction markets for the first time supports its objective of becoming the "everything exchange" and cross-selling more products to its existing users, the analyst added.
About COIN
Coinbase Global, Inc. is a holding company of Coinbase, Inc. and other subsidiaries. The Company provides a platform that serves as a compliant on-ramp to the onchain economy and enables users to engage in a variety of activities with their crypto assets in both proprietary and third-party product experiences enabled by access to decentralized applications. It offers consumers their primary financial account for the cryptoeconomy; institutions a full-service prime brokerage platform with access to deep pools of liquidity across the crypto marketplace, and developers a suite of products granting access to build onchain. Its platform helps people and institutions to engage with crypto assets, including trading, staking, safekeeping, spending, and global transfers. It offers products and services to various customer groups: individuals, businesses, institutions, and developers. Its transaction products consist of consumer trading, prime Trading, markets, base protocol and Coinbase wallet.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
