A former manager for popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has been charged with insider trading.

32-year-old Ishan Wahi was a product manager at Coinbase Global. The Seattle resident was arrested alongside his 26-year-old brother Nikhil Wahi on Thursday morning.

The Wahi brothers allegedly used insider information about which cryptocurrencies were due to be listed by Coinbase – which historically has substantially increased their value – to purchase them in...