Tagged: coinbase

October 28, 2020 @ 1:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency platform Coinbase announced on Wednesday its Coinbase Card has made its debut in the U.S. Coinbase reported that the card allows crypto to be used for payments and purchases online and in-store, as well as ATM withdraws.  “The introduction of Coinbase Card was a significant milestone… Read More

October 19, 2020 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer at Coinbase, says that trust is built through “transparency and honesty.” Grewal, the former VP and Deputy General Counsel at Facebook, writes in a blog post that as Coinbase continues its journey toward becoming the “most trusted” venue for traders… Read More

October 17, 2020 @ 6:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase Custody, a qualified custodian that operates as a standalone, independently-capitalized business to Coinbase Inc., is considering adding support for new crypto-assets. Coinbase Custody notes that it focuses on offering a “highly” secure and “sophisticated” storage solution for institutional investors and individuals that hold large… Read More

October 16, 2020 @ 3:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase is launching Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) on Coinbase Pro, the digital asset trading platform for professional traders. WBTC trading will not be available to Coinbase.com users or via other mobile app platforms (for now at least). As confirmed by the exchange,… Read More

October 7, 2020 @ 6:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blockchain-powered apps are designed to be more open and transparent than their traditional versions. According to Coinbase, this can be beneficial because individuals and organizations are able to inspect these projects and can also confirm that everything is working as it should. However, it’s also… Read More

October 3, 2020 @ 3:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Eddie Lo, Product Manager at US-based crypto exchange Coinbase, notes that one of the “defining characteristics” of digital currencies is that they can be “transacted instantly, anywhere, anytime.” Although this might not be true given the relatively high Bitcoin and Ethereum transaction fees and relatively slow… Read More

October 2, 2020 @ 1:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

US-based crypto exchange Coinbase will be allowing Coinbase Pro users to trade Balancer (BAL) and Ren (REN) tokens. The exchange confirmed: “Today October 1, 2020, transfer BAL and REN into your Coinbase Pro account ahead of trading. Support for BAL and REN will be available… Read More

September 30, 2020 @ 7:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase has introduced Cosmos (ATOM) staking rewards. The leading digital currency trading platform announced on September 29, 2020 that it will be allowing certain eligible customers to “easily start earning 5% APY” on their Cosmos (ATOM) held on Coinbase. The Coinbase… Read More

September 28, 2020 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brian Armstrong, CEO at Coinbase, a leading cryptocurrency exchange, has noted that there have been many challenging events in the world this year, including the COVID-19 pandemic, social unrest, west coast wildfires, and other really difficult situations. Armstrong wrote in a blog post that everyone… Read More

September 12, 2020 @ 2:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On September 14, 2020, Coinbase Pro (for professional traders) users will be able to transfer  yearn.finance (YFI) tokens into their accounts ahead of scheduled trading. The San Francisco-based crypto exchange noted that support for YFI tokens will be available in all of its supported jurisdictions,… Read More

September 11, 2020 @ 2:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On September 14, 2020, Coinbase Pro users will have the option to transfer Loopring (LRC) tokens into their accounts ahead of trading. The exchange has confirmed that support for LRC tokens will be available in all of its supported jurisdictions, except New York State due… Read More

September 9, 2020 @ 5:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Centre Consortium has announced that USD Coin or USDC is now using Algorand – the second major blockchain after Ethereum to offer native support for the stablecoin. The Centre Consortium was founded by Circle and Coinbase – the creators of USDC which was announced… Read More

September 4, 2020 @ 7:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

On September 4, 2020, Coinbase Pro users will be able to transfer UMA cryptocurrency tokens into their accounts ahead of scheduled trading. Support for the UMA digital currency will be available in all of the digital asset exchange’s supported jurisdictions, however, New York State residents… Read More

September 4, 2020 @ 8:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CB Insights, a private New York based firm with a business analytics platform and database that offers market intelligence on private companies and investor activities, recently published its Fintech 250 (2020), which is its annual ranking of what it considers the “top” private global Fintech… Read More

September 2, 2020 @ 9:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

San Francisco-based crypto exchange Coinbase is planning to add Celo (CELO), the native digital currency of an open-source platform that aims to make financial tools accessible to anyone with a smartphone or mobile device. Celo will only be offered on Coinbase Pro, which is the… Read More

August 31, 2020 @ 3:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency platform Coinbase announced on Monday it has welcomed Marc Andreessen, the Co-Founder and Operating Partner of Andreessen Horowitz, and Gokul Rajaram, Executive at DoorDash to its board of directors. Along with Andreessen and Rajaram joining the Board, Coinbase revealed two Board contributors will be… Read More

August 27, 2020 @ 9:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency platform Coinbase recently announced it has appointed Marcus Hughes as the new General Manager for its European division. According to Coinbase, Hughes served as General Counsel for the crypto platform’s international operations and in his upcoming role, he will be responsible for continuing to… Read More

August 24, 2020 @ 9:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Brian Armstrong, CEO at San Francisco-based Coinbase, a leading digital asset exchange, claims that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been “very restrictive and hostile” to cryptocurrency during the past few years. Armstrong says that Apple is “still blocking some functionality right now, including the ability to… Read More

August 19, 2020 @ 11:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Numeraire (NMR) is a hedge-fund that crowdsources predictive-trading algorithms while holding weekly competitions. As explained by Gemini, Numeraire aims to redefine prediction-model-building by carrying out weekly tournaments that reward data scientists for creating “high-performing” trading models. Data scientists provide prediction models developed on top of… Read More

August 18, 2020 @ 9:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The (Ethereum) ERC-20 token standard has become the most widely-used way to issue digital assets and assign cryptocurrency or blockchain protocol voting rights on the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain, the world’s largest platform for building decentralized applications (dApps). Crypto exchange Coinbase notes that when assessing an… Read More