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Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) stock is taking a beating on Thursday as investors react to a couple of pieces of news about the crypto exchange.
The first big story concerning COIN stock has to do with the New York State Department of Financial Services. Coinbase reached a $100 million settlement with the agency. This comes as regulators try and catch up with crypto and how to regulate it.
That settlement includes Coinbase paying a $50 million penalty for violating anti-money-luandering laws. Regulators dinged COIN for failing to perform thorough background checks on users. The other $50 million will go toward improving its compliance program over the next two years.
COIN Stock Was Also Downgraded
Cowen analysts Stephen Glagola and George Kuhle are behind this next bit of news. They dropped COIN stock from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating. The current consensus rating is “hold” based on 24 analysts’ opinions.
To go along with that, the Cowen analysts also cut their price target for COIN stock from $75 to $36 per share. That represents a potential 4.5% downside for the crypto exchange’s shares. For the record, the analysts’ consensus rating for COIN is $82.30 per share.
COIN stock is down 10.9% as of Thursday morning with some 7.6 million shares traded. For the record, the company’s daily average trading volume is roughly 14.3 million shares.
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On the date of publication, William White did not have (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article. The opinions expressed in this article are those of the writer, subject to the InvestorPlace.com Publishing Guidelines.
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