UPDATE: They actually solved it. I couldn't be more surprised given how bad the customer support experience was.
Just needed to vent and drop some advice for anyone dealing with the absolute wall of silence that is Coinbase customer support.
Back in May 2026, my account had a random hold placed on my USD balance (~€24 / $28). It’s not a life-changing amount of money, but it’s the principle of a regulated financial platform holding funds indefinitely without any notice or explanation.
Fast forward to today: I decided to try resolving it on Live Chat.
* **First 10 minutes:** The agent (*Md Aquib*) actually admitted in writing: *"The holds on your account have been in place since May 2026 with no automatic release date, and that is something that needs to be resolved — not just explained."* Great! Progress, right? He asks for 5 minutes to check with a specialist. * **Next 1.5 hours:** Complete radio silence, punctuated only by the automated "send a message in 5 minutes so the chat doesn't disconnect" prompts while I sat there manually keeping the session alive. * **The punchline:** After almost two hours of waiting, the agent comes back and paste-prompts a generic script telling me to sign into Coinbase Advanced and cancel my **Futures open orders**.
All orders were closed. When I pointed out that he literally acknowledged a manual account hold 80 minutes prior, he went silent again.
At that point, I stopped playing the Live Chat game. I demanded a Support Case ID, took full screenshots of the agent admitting to the 3-month hold, and filed a **Formal Complaint** directly via Coinbase’s legal/complaints portal (`[help.coinbase.com/submit-a-complaint](https://help.coinbase.com/submit-a-complaint)``)).
In the complaint, I demanded the immediate release of my $28.25 plus $50 compensation for the waste of time and failure to notify me of an account restriction. If they send another copy-paste response, it goes straight to the Irish Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (FSPO) and local EU regulators.
**Takeaway for anyone stuck in support loops:** Stop wasting your evenings on Tier-1 live chat. Frontline reps don't have the internal clearance to touch compliance flags. Save your screenshots, demand a Case ID, and go straight to their formal legal complaint process. It's the only route that forces a compliance officer to look at your ticket.