You need to remember that Coinbase is a regulated entity like other financial institutions and TFA clearly mentions that the insider was part of a small set of

You need to remember that Coinbase is a regulated entity like other financial institutions and TFA clearly mentions that the insider was part of a small set of employees that had access to info that the rest of the employees did not have access to: > Beginning at least in August 2021 and continuing through May 2022, ISHAN WAHI was a member of a private Coinbase messaging channel reserved for a small number of Coinbase employees with direct involvement in the Coinbase asset listing process. The private channel was used to discuss, among other things, “exact announcement / launch dates + timelines” that Coinbase did not wish to share with all of its employees.