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Ireland’s Central Bank fined Coinbase Europe €21.5 million for failing to monitor 30 million crypto transactions due to software errors, violating anti-money laundering rules.
Ireland’s Central Bank fined Coinbase Europe €21.5 million ($24.7 million) for failing to properly monitor over 30 million cryptocurrency transactions—worth €176 billion—between 2021 and 2025, violating anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing rules.
The breach stemmed from coding errors that disabled five of 21 monitoring scenarios, allowing potentially illicit activity linked to fraud, drug trafficking, cyberattacks, and child sexual exploitation to go undetected.
Though Coinbase fixed the technical issues within weeks and completed a nearly three-year retrospective review, regulators cited delayed reporting and weak internal controls as aggravating factors.
The fine, reduced for cooperation, marks Ireland’s first major enforcement action against a crypto firm and underscores growing regulatory scrutiny of digital asset platforms.
El Banco Central de Irlanda multó a Coinbase Europe con 21,5 millones de euros por no monitorear 30 millones de transacciones criptográficas debido a errores de software, violando las normas contra el lavado de dinero.