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March 29, 2019 @ 3:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced on Friday it has launched staking support for Tezos (XTZ) for Coinbase Custody clients. The platform claims to be the first full-service, regulated, comprehensively-insured, and 100% offline staking provider in crypto. “We launched Coinbase Custody with a simple thesis: institutions need… Read More

March 18, 2019 @ 8:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced last week it would be launching Stellar Lumens (XLM) on its Coinbase Pro platform. According to Coinbase, support for XLM will be immediately available in Coinbase’s supported jurisdictions, with the exception of New York State, with additional jurisdictions may be added… Read More

March 6, 2019 @ 9:52 am By Cali Haan  |  

US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, whose recent acquisition of Italian digital surveillance specialist Neutrino sparked a #DeleteCoinbase campaign on Twitter late last week, is taking pains to distance itself from the controversy- in part by firing key staff at Neutrino. Critics are angry that Coinbase acquired… Read More

February 13, 2019 @ 11:00 pm By Cali Haan  |  

A civil rights organization in Israel has reportedly written to American crypto exchange Coinbase to advise them that, “…knowingly providing material support or resources to Hamas is a violation of US federal criminal law…” The Jerusalem Post reports. The Israeli newspaper Globes reported last week that an Isreali… Read More

January 10, 2019 @ 11:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week, CI reported on a 51% attack / double spend attempt that was halted by Coinbase. The crypto exchange was not the only target in the attempted hack. The attack utilized Ethereum Classic (ETC) as the vehicle to steal funds. Security firm SlowMist… Read More

January 7, 2019 @ 11:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Popular crypto exchange Coinbase published a blog post today reporting a double spend attack that was detected and stopped before any funds could be stolen. A double spend attack is exactly as its name. The attack takes place when cryptocurrency is spent more than once. Coinbase… Read More

December 7, 2018 @ 5:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase announced today its intent to explore the addition of a “broad range of assets.” Coinbase has consistently stated its intent to add more digital assets over time. The company said its goal is to support digital assets that meet their standards and are “fully… Read More

November 5, 2018 @ 1:28 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Though Coinbase announced it raised $300 million “from high-quality investors” last week, the cryptocurrency exchange also laid off an estimated 15 people working remotely in support, compliance, and fraud departments, Yahoo Finance reports. Coinbase would not confirm how many employees were cut, it did admit… Read More

October 31, 2018 @ 12:29 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Coinbase has opted to raise funds from, “some very high quality investors….who have a very constructive thesis on crypto,” in a series round and won’t be doing an initial public offering (IPO) any time soon, Bloomberg reports. “There’s not going to be an IPO any… Read More

October 30, 2018 @ 12:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Revealed last week during the Crypto Invest Summit, Coinbase now sports a huge $8 billion in valuation following a $300 million Series E funding round. Today, Coinbase COO Asiff Hirji provided a personalized update on the funding in a blog post. Hirji stated: “Today, we’re pleased… Read More

October 24, 2018 @ 7:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has approved Coinbase to form Coinbase Custody Trust Company. Additionally, DFS has approved Coinbase to Custody Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Ether Classic, Litecoin and XRP. Providing a custody service is vital for the participation of institutional… Read More

September 26, 2018 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase has announced a new path for altcoin creators to apply to trade on the crypto exchange. Shared in a blog post yesterday, Coinbase stated: “Today we’re announcing a new process that will allow us to rapidly list most digital assets that are compliant with… Read More

September 24, 2018 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Hong Kong based Caspian has formed a partnership with Coinbase, according to a note from Caspian. Caspian is a “full-stack cryptoasset management platform” that links exchanges and institutional money. Coinbase is one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world that has charted a path… Read More

September 17, 2018 @ 1:37 pm By Cali Haan  |  

American crypto exchange Coinbase is hiring massively to staff brand new New York offices built exclusively to accommodate institutional clients, Coindesk reports. The exchange held a party to inaugurate the new office last week. Employees had previously occupied co-working space at WeWork NYC. Coinbase hopes… Read More

September 6, 2018 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Having previously announced support for British Pounds, Coinbase has announced it will introduce new trading pairs for Coinbase Pro. Beginning this Friday, Coinbase will offer exchanges in: ETH–GBP, ETC–GBP, LTC–GBP and BCH–GBP. Coinbase already supports Bitcoin to Pounds. Trading pairs will be launched in stages –… Read More

August 15, 2018 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Even while crypto is tanking inciting fears of crypto doom, Coinbase marches onward ignoring the daily vacillations of the market. In a report from Bloomberg today, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong shared that during 2017 they were signing up a whopping 50,000 each and every day. He… Read More

August 13, 2018 @ 11:00 am By Cali Haan  |  

Onsite inspections of 16 licensed cryptocurrency exchanges and 7 with licenses pending in Japan has revealed generally loose business practices and controls, according to a report released last Friday by the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA). The inspections were conducted by the FSA in cooperation with… Read More

August 9, 2018 @ 11:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase has announced that trading limits have been boosted. Starting immediately, users may trade cryptocurrency immediately after purchase without a necessary five day waiting period for funds to clear. “Most” users will see their daily trading limits increased to $25,000 – previously this was a… Read More

August 5, 2018 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase users in the UK can now swap British Pounds (GBP) for crypto, according to Coinbase UK CEO Zeeshan Feroz.  This applies to Coinbase Pro users and Coinbase Prime (institutions) customers as well, thus enabling faster payments with same day deposits and withdrawals from Coinbase… Read More

July 25, 2018 @ 10:01 pm By Cali Haan  |  

An internal investigation into insider trading at Coinbase has determined that none took place, Fortune reports. Coinbase, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the US, came under scrutiny last December when the price of Bitcoin Cash jumped only hours before the coin debuted on the exchange…. Read More