TL;DR: NodeSmith is Coinbase’s AI-driven system for automating blockchain node upgrades. It has reduced engineering upgrade effort by 30%, eliminated missed mandatory upgrades, and added automated analysis of every upgrade’s code changes.
Engineering,
September 16, 2025
The founders of Sensible are joining Coinbase. The team’s expertise in building DeFi-powered consumer applications will meaningfully accelerate our onchain consumer roadmap and advance our goal of building an everything exchange.
Coinbase has closed our acquisition of Deribit, officially making Coinbase the most comprehensive global crypto derivatives platform. This follows a record month of volume and revenue for Deribit as international momentum around crypto options heats up.
Coinbase users will soon be able to trade millions of onchain assets directly in the Coinbase app with DEX trading. Traders can now access a new world of Base assets on decentralized exchanges through Coinbase's easy-to-use and seamless user interface.