Most of Coinbase’s 2025 legislation enforcement requests got here from exterior the US

US-based cryptocurrency alternate Coinbase has launched its annual transparency report, revealing that the corporate skilled a big surge in requests from legislation enforcement businesses.

In a report launched on Monday, Coinbase stated it had obtained 12,716 requests from legislation enforcement globally from October 2024 to September 2025, marking a 19% improve over the amount of requests reported in 2024.

Of those requests, the alternate stated that greater than half — 53% — got here from exterior america, with 80% of all of them originating within the US, Germany, UK, France, Spain and Australia.

“As in years previous, the overwhelming majority of requests we obtained each globally and within the US had been from legislation enforcement businesses in reference to legal enforcement issues,” stated the report.

In keeping with the crypto alternate, the requests from 2025 included “subpoenas, court docket orders, search warrants, and different formal authorized processes.”

Coinbase famous that customers could also be involved about their monetary knowledge privateness, however the firm had “an obligation to reply to these requests if they’re legitimate below legal guidelines relevant to us.”

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Coinbase reported receiving 5,444 requests from US-based legislation enforcement businesses, persistently the very best amongst all of the reporting international locations since 2022. The corporate has developed nearer ties to the US authorities for the reason that inauguration of US President Donald Trump, with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong being a frequent customer to the Capitol constructing and a consultant attending a fundraising dinner on the White Home in October.

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