Bitstamp vs Coinbase
Bitstamp wins on measured health — 9.54/10 against 9.28/10. Note the coverage gap: we measured 100% of the criteria for Bitstamp and 72% for Coinbase. Some of that gap is the finding — a service that publishes less can be measured less.
Last collection 2026-08-25: probed 252 services, measured 233, over a 90-day window.
| Measured | Bitstamp | Coinbase |
|---|---|---|
| Status now | Operational | Operational |
| Score On what we could measure: 100% of the criteria weight for Bitstamp, 72% for Coinbase. | 9.54/10 | 9.28/10 |
| Value locked | $1.53B | — |
| Age | 15.7 yr | 14.7 yr |
| Latency (our probe) | 22 ms | 165 ms |
| Median fix | 51 min | 104 min |
| Status feed | statuspage | statuspage |
Bitstamp
9.54 / 10100% measured$1.53B in value locked (DefiLlama). Capital is the market voting with its money — scored on a log scale, so the jump from $10M to $100M counts for more than $10B to $20B.
Live 15.7 yr (since founding (2011), public record). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
Publishes a machine-readable incident archive (statuspage) — its whole record can be checked by anyone, including against us.
Median 51 min from published report to resolution across 8 logged incidents. Scored on repair speed, not on how many it logged.
Median 22 ms to first byte from a public API endpoint, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
Coinbase
9.28 / 1072% measuredNo public on-chain value to measure — not a smart-contract service, or not tracked by DefiLlama.
Live 14.7 yr (since founding (2012), public record). Most failures happen young, so time survived is real signal.
Publishes a machine-readable incident archive (statuspage) — its whole record can be checked by anyone, including against us.
Median 104 min from published report to resolution across 50 logged incidents. Scored on repair speed, not on how many it logged.
Median 165 ms to first byte from a public API endpoint, our own probe, slowest sample discarded, single location. Compared only within this category.
Incident repair time: Median 104 min from published report to resolution across 50 logged incidents. Scored on repair speed, not on how many it logged.
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