Coinbase (COIN) sent users a false “breaking news” alert saying Norway’s soccer team beat Brazil 3-2 in a World Cup knockout match before the game had even started.
The alert said Erling Haaland scored twice in the match at MetLife Stadium. Coinbase’s own prediction-market page still listed the game as weather-delayed at the time.
Users posted screenshots of the notification on X on Sunday. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong replied to one saying he was looking into it with the team. According to one post, the alert was sent at 10:26 a.m. ET. The match didn’t start until 4 p.m.
Max Branzburg, the company’s head of consumer & business products, later clarified that the incorrect story was fixed and the firm “made some updates to avoid these types of inaccuracies in the future.”
“It’s awesome to see the power of AI-enabled 24/7 insights for trading, but obviously still need to tune it to address these types of issues,” Branzburg wrote on X.
The actual match did see Norway beat Brazil, and Haaland scored twice. The final score was 2-1.
