Tagged: coinbase

February 1, 2022 @ 2:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brian Armstrong, CEO and Co-Founder of digital asset firm Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), confirms that commerce pioneer and open-source programmer, Tobias Lütke will bring his extensive experience and perspective to bear as Coinbase continues to expand its global presence and develop new products. Armstrong wrote in… Read More

January 24, 2022 @ 2:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer at digital assets firm Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), has shared an update titled, Proof of Alignment, which explains what the company has done to align themselves with their clients and what they’re planning to do next. As noted by Grewal, Coinbase… Read More

January 21, 2022 @ 12:58 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Mastercard users will soon be able to use their plastic to buy NFTs on Coinbase’s upcoming NFT marketplace, the two companies announced this week. Coinbase had announced Coinbase NFT in October of 2021. “Our mission at Coinbase is to increase economic freedom in the world,”… Read More

January 16, 2022 @ 2:15 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Larry Kubin, Senior Developer Relations Engineer at digital asset firm Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), notes that in 2021, Coinbase Cloud had announced the launch of their unified developer docs in order to “make it easier and faster for developers to build Web3 applications using Coinbase APIs and… Read More

January 14, 2022 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Trent Fuenmayor, Program Manager, Coinbase Giving, has announced the initiative’s second developer grant recipients. In August of last year, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) via their Giving initiative, made a call for applications via their Crypto Community Fund that is “focused on blockchain developers who contribute directly to a… Read More

January 13, 2022 @ 5:43 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The American Blockchain Political Action Committee this week appointed Michael Onghai to its board of advisors. A former CEO of Looksmart, Onghai is also a seed investor in Coinbase, FundersClub, and Upflex. He currently is principal and seed investor in Alpha Sigma Funds, and a… Read More

January 12, 2022 @ 5:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) has acquired FairX, a Chicago-based, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC ) regulated derivatives exchange. In a blog post, Coinbase described the acquisition as the next step towards creating a “robust and holistic trading environment investors are seeking.” Coinbase currently operates under a hodge-podge… Read More

January 6, 2022 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Bitcoin-focused firm Casa recently shared some notable privacy and security stories from last year. Casa wrote in a blog post that as technology continues to make advances, the world of privacy and security changes along with it. The end of 2021 saw… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 4:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is an interesting factoid. FinancePR, a promotional firm in the financial services sector, has distributed a note stating that Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) dominates Bitcoin trading. According to the missive, Coinbase took 53% market share of Bitcoin trading in the past 30 days or 520,000… Read More

January 1, 2022 @ 10:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Surojit Chatterjee, Chief Product Officer at Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN), notes that 2021 proved to be “a breakout year for crypto” with Bitcoin (BTC) price gaining nearly 70% YoY, DeFi hitting $150B in value locked, and NFTs “emerging as a new category.” Chatterjee has shared his… Read More

December 29, 2021 @ 2:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

In May 2021, the team at digital assets firm Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) had announced the launch of Coinbase Giving. As explained in a blog post, Coinbase Giving is the operational “embodiment” of their ongoing commitment to Pledge 1%, which is the firm’s “promise to dedicate… Read More

December 21, 2021 @ 8:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Coinbase (COIN: Nasdaq) is pleased to confirm the introduction of the Community Analyst Program (or the CAP Program). As explained in a blog post by Coinbase, this is a great way for students, professionals and community members who share their “core beliefs” to contribute to… Read More

December 15, 2021 @ 9:08 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld multiple bans on crypto-asset promotions today. The impacted firms include Coinbase Europe, CoinBurp, Lumo Money, Exmo Exchange, Papa John’s, Payward/Kraken, and eToro. In regards to Coinbase, four issues were investigated with each being upheld by the regulator…. Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 8:21 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Deel has announced the addition of USDC and Solana as withdrawal currencies via Coinbase (COIN: Nasdaq). Deel first teamed up with Coinbase in November 2020 to “enable users to withdraw their paychecks in cryptocurrency,” according to an update shared with Crowdfund Insider. Deel currently supports five… Read More

December 14, 2021 @ 7:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning on Monday December 13, 2021, clients may transfer DESO tokens into their Coinbase Pro accounts ahead of trading. As noted in the announcement, support for DESO will “generally be available in Coinbase’s supported jurisdictions with certain exceptions as indicated in each asset page here.”… Read More

December 12, 2021 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Beginning on December 9, 2021, API3 (API3), Bluzelle (BLZ), Circuits of Value (COVAL), Gods Unchained (GODS), Immutable X (IMX), Measurable Data Token (MDT), mStable USD (MUSD) and Ribbon Finance (RBN) are available on Coinbase.com and via the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) clients… Read More

December 8, 2021 @ 10:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today (December 8, 2021), the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing on digital assets. As was previously reported, the witnesses included top crypto executives and thus provided the opportunity for a unique discussion between House members and crypto entrepreneurs. Chairwoman of the Committee,… Read More

December 3, 2021 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Aaron Henshaw, Head of Coinbase Cloud Engineering, says that it’s no secret that crypto is gaining mainstream appeal, with the international cryptocurrency market cap reaching an all-time high of $3 trillion for the first time, the total value locked in DeFi reaching $250 billion, and… Read More

December 2, 2021 @ 3:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized application platform Moralis welcomes Craig Hammel to its team as a senior technical advisor. Appointing Craig Hammel, the first engineering hire of Coinbase, should bring his expertise to the Moralis project and improve the initiative’s capacity to “scale and encompass more blockchains.” Hammel will… Read More

December 1, 2021 @ 2:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee has announced the list of witnesses scheduled to testify at a hearing entitled “Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Understanding the Challenges and Benefits of Financial Innovation in the United States.”  The witnesses include many of the biggest names… Read More