Tagged: coinbase

May 3, 2019 @ 11:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced earlier this week its Coinbase Wallet service is now supporting Dogecoin (DOGE). According to Coinbase, the new Wallet update with DOGE support will roll out to all users on iOS and Android over the next week. “Wallet also supports the DOGE… Read More

April 30, 2019 @ 1:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

XYO, a geospatial cryptonetwork, announced on Tuesday that Coinbase Custody, a regulated, comprehensively-insured, and 100 percent offline custody provider in cryptocurrency, is now supporting XYO. Coinbase Custody is described as a combination of secure, market-proven cold storage capabilities for cryptocurrency assets, an institutional-grade broker-dealer and… Read More

April 22, 2019 @ 8:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

American tennis champ Serena Williams has reportedly invested in cryptocurrency platform Coinbase through her investment group, Serena Ventures. The group, which launched in 2014, has silently invested in more than 30 companies, including Coinbase. Williams stated she launched the company with a mission to give… Read More

April 22, 2019 @ 7:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Coinbase announced last week it is now offering support to Augur (REP) through its cryptocurrency platform, as well as its mobile apps on iOS and Android. Coinbase customers may officially buy, sell, convert, send, receive, or store REP. The crypto will be available for customers… Read More

April 18, 2019 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced on Wednesday it is expanding its crypto-to-crypto support to more than 10 countries around the world, with the total amount of countries being offered the support now up to 53.  The platform revealed:  “One year ago, Coinbase served customers in 32… Read More

April 13, 2019 @ 12:00 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Dan Romero, Coinbase’s Vice President, International, who also runs Coinbase’s institutional trading desk, has announced in a blog post that he is leaving the cryptocurrency trading platform firm this month. Romero’s LinkedIn profile shows that he has been at Coinbase for five years. The profile… Read More

April 11, 2019 @ 2:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced on Wednesday the launch of its Visa debit card in the UK. According to Coinbase, the debit card allows customers to spend crypto as effortlessly as the money in their bank. The card’s description reads: “Coinbase Card is powered by customers’… Read More

April 10, 2019 @ 2:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced earlier this week that EOS (EOS), Augur (REP), and Maker (MKR) are now available to trade on Coinbase Pro. Coinbase reported that it is accepting inbound transfers of the currencies on the pro platform and will accept deposits for at least… Read More

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 11, 2019 @ 9:17 pm By Cali Haan  |  

CipherTrace, a “blockchain forensics” firm that provides law enforcement and other clients with real-world data on cryptocurrency transactions, has issued a statement assuring the public that it does not sell data it obtains during the course of business to any third parties. The statement comes… Read More

March 10, 2019 @ 11:17 am By Cali Haan  |  

Blockchain forensics firm Chainalysis has blogged to address possible concerns that its services could be being used to violate crypto users’ privacy. The company’s statement comes after controversy erupted last week when it was revealed that Coinbase, a large American crypto trading platform, had acquired… 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

March 1, 2019 @ 11:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Coinbase announced on Thursday it is now supporting XRP on its cryptocurrency platform, as well as its Android and iOS mobile apps. This news comes just days after Coinbase announced it was accepting inbound transfers of XRP to its Coinbase Pro service. According to Coinbase, the… Read More

February 26, 2019 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lending platform SoFi announced on Tuesday it is set to launch cryptocurrency trading through its new partnership with cryptocurrency platform Coinbase. According to CNBC, SoFi is planning to the crypto launch in the second quarter of 2019. While sharing some details about the launch, SoFi CEO… Read More

February 26, 2019 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency platform Coinbase announced on Monday it is now accepting inbound transfers of XRP to Coinbase Pro. The platform reported that it is accepting deposits for a minimum of 12 hours prior to enabling full trading and the inbound transfers require the specification of an XRP destination tag…. Read More

February 21, 2019 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase recently announced the launch of its Coinbase Earn Page, which allows users to earn Zcash (ZEC). According to Coinbase, Zcash is a cryptocurrency that uses recent advances in cryptography to give users the option to protect their financial privacy when transacting with cryptocurrency. Zcash does this… Read More

February 19, 2019 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase announced on Tuesday it has acquired blockchain intelligence platform, Neutrino. Founded in 2016, Neutrino stated it is focused on developing a comprehensive platform for analyzing, tracking, and investigating bitcoins’ blockchain and other virtual currencies.  “Using proprietary technologies, Neutrino develops solutions for monitoring, analyzing,… Read More

February 18, 2019 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Coinbase partner Shift Card is reportedly shutting down its debit card services on April 11th. According to Bitcoin.com, the Shift Card was launched in 2015 and allowed customers to spend cryptocurrency that is connected to their Coinbase accounts. Customers notably received an email that explained… 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