Tl;dr: Coinbase and BlackRock to create new access points for institutional crypto adoption by connecting Coinbase Prime and Aladdin By Brett Tejpaul, Head of Coinbase Institutional and Greg Tusar, Vice President, Institutional Product Over the past few years, Coinbase has played a central role in developing and strengthening crypto markets as the safest, most trusted...Read More
Tl:dr: We’re launching Ethereum staking to US domestic institutional clients on Coinbase Prime. Using our industry-leading cold storage, clients can now generate yield by staking ETH. By Aaron Schnarch, Vice President of Product, Custody Fully-integrated staking on Coinbase Prime Coinbase Prime provides institutions with an end-to-end staking experience. Clients can create a wallet, decide how...Read More
by Brett Tejpaul, Head of Coinbase Institutional, and Elke Karskens, Head of EMEA Marketing We recently won the Best Prime Broker Award in Hedgeweek’s annual European Digital Assets Awards. This success not only underlines the strength of our platform and our integral role within the cryptoeconomy, particularly in terms of further enabling institutional engagement, but...Read More
Tl;dr: In recent weeks, some firms have struggled to remain solvent due to insufficient risk controls. See how Coinbase implements secure and comprehensive risk management practices that enable institutions to successfully navigate the cryptoeconomy. By Brett Tejpaul, Head of Coinbase Institutional, Matt Boyd, Head of Prime Finance, and Caroline Tarnok, Head of Credit and Market...Read More
Tl;dr As part of our goal to continually improve the trading experience and better protect our customers, we are making changes to our market parameters on June 2, 2022 . Min Order Size Limits: Simplifying with just a check on notional As crypto asset prices fluctuate, the base and quote order size limits on our...Read More
By Elke Karskens, Head of EMEA Marketing Awards season is in full swing across Europe, and this week we were delighted to win Best Digital Asset Custodian 2022 in HFM Europe Services’ annual awards. This success further underlines both our integral role within the cryptoeconomy, particularly in terms of further enabling institutional engagement, and also...Read More
By Sonia Pinto, Senior Product Marketing Manager and Alexis Hamel, Product Manager, Custody Coinbase Prime offers custody and trading for more than 50 DeFi coins and tokens, across a wide range of segments, including DEXs, lend, and borrow.We facilitate governance for a growing number of tokens including UNI, COMP, and MKR. This gives our customers...Read More
On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, Coinbase Exchange will implement a new fee structure designed to increase the depth and liquidity of our markets while simplifying our fee models. In order to respond to client needs, Coinbase periodically updates pricing. All fee updates are shared prior to being implemented. These latest updates help align maker discounting...Read More
Investors are increasingly demanding high-quality, diversified exposure to digital investment strategies. And to meet those expectations, institutions must quickly move along the adoption curve, armed with sophisticated tools and trading capabilities. Coinbase Prime continues to meet the unique goals of institutional investors in navigating this complex market now and in the future, iterating on and...Read More
By Surojit Chatterjee, Chief Product Officer Today we are announcing that Greg Tusar is joining Coinbase as VP of Institutional Products. Greg joins us as part of our recently announced acquisition of Tagomi, a company he co-founded and where he went on to serve as chief technology officer. Greg brings more than three decades of...Read More
On Monday, June 22, transfer COMP into your Coinbase Pro account ahead of trading. Support for COMP will be available in all Coinbase’s supported jurisdictions, with the exception of New York State. Per previous launches, transfers will open during business hours, Pacific time. On Monday, June 22, we will begin accepting inbound transfers of COMP to...Read More
The acquisition will cap off a period of strong institutional focus for Coinbase, and comes at a time when the world’s most recognized professional investors and funds are giving increasing attention to the asset class. Over the past eight years, Coinbase has built one of the most trusted names in crypto by providing clients with industry-leading...Read More
The next phase of our institutional strategy Capping off a period of product focus, today we welcome our Head of Institutional Coverage, Brett Tejpaul By Emilie Choi, Chief Operating Officer Over the past 12 months, Coinbase has been laser focused on building out the types of features and services that our institutional customers need. Since the...Read More
By Maggie Henry, product manager, Coinbase Pro. Customers can now trade out of multiple sub-accounts on Coinbase Pro. Portfolios allows traders to segregate trading strategies or operate multiple managed client accounts (if a fund of funds or asset manager). Volume-based pricing is calculated at the account level, so all your trading contributes to your 30-day...Read More
