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Coinbase stopped reporting trading volume as a key metric after it dropped 38% and 48% in consecutive periods. This isn’t a neutral accounting change — it’s a strategic decision to hide a contracting core business. When a company abandons its most important KPI, the silence tells you more than the numbers ever did.
Coinbase cut AI infrastructure costs by 50% by switching to Chinese models GLM and Kimi, but the real story is how they’re now measuring employee performance by AI token spend. CEO Brian Armstrong said the company will expect more impact from employees who spend more on AI. This signals a terrifying future where your AI budget becomes your personal career scorecard, and companies start treating token efficiency as a direct performance metric.