Coinbase Builds Crypto Security Shield To Stop Hackers In Their Tracks

by | Jan 28, 2026 | General

As cyber threats grow more sophisticated and the gap between crypto and traditional finance continues to narrow, security collaboration is becoming increasingly critical across the industry.

Against that backdrop, Crypto ISAC and Coinbase Global Inc. (NASDAQ:COIN) are expanding a security integration to accelerate the distribution of high-confidence threat intelligence across the crypto ecosystem.

Crypto ISAC and Coinbase are expanding an automated threat-intelligence-sharing initiative that will continuously push vetted indicators and attack patterns from Coinbase to Crypto ISAC’s member network.

The effort is designed to help exchanges, custodians, and other crypto service providers detect and respond to threats faster as attack campaigns grow more complex and interconnected.

How The Integration Works

Coinbase will automatically share select indicators of compromise and attack techniques derived from its internal monitoring. Crypto ISAC members can use that intelligence to flag, block, and investigate threats more quickly within their own systems.

The shared intelligence excludes Coinbase customer data.

Crypto ISAC said its threat-intelligence platform is FedRAMP-Ready, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001-certified, and supports automated sharing formats, including STIX/TAXII and custom APIs.

Why It Matters

As crypto exchanges, custodians, and payment rails become more connected, and more intertwined with traditional finance, attackers are exploiting shared systems and processes.

Faster, machine-to-machine sharing of actionable indicators can reduce incident impact and strengthen operational resilience across the sector.

Jeff Lunglhofer, Coinbase’s Chief Information Security Officer, said collective defense is increasingly necessary.

“As the financial system becomes more interconnected, security has to be collective. By expanding automated threat intelligence sharing with exclusive feeds to Crypto ISAC, we’re helping defenders across crypto and traditional finance act faster on high-confidence indicators to protect customers and critical infrastructure,” Lunglhofer said.

COIN Price Action: Coinbase Global shares were down 1.07% at $208.57 at the time of publication on Wednesday, according to Benzinga Pro data.

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