TL;DR: To create an open financial system for the world, we need to ensure web3 is usable by everyone. This means building an identity experience that’s intuitive, forgiving, and trustworthy, combining the best of web2 and web3. Our first step is to make it easy for anyone to claim a web3 (ENS) username for free,...Read More
On Tuesday, September 20, 2022 at approximately 5pm ET, Coinbase Exchange will implement a new fee structure to account for changes in global crypto trading volumes and asset prices, lowering the monthly trading volume required to qualify for the mid and upper tiers of our fee schedule. The new fee schedule will be implemented on...Read More
by Coinbase Cloud team Coinbase Cloud’s Solana Archival Nodes can examine historical address balances, run complex queries, and simulate the blockchain state at any given point in the chain’s history. Coinbase Cloud previously launched secure, dedicated Solana infrastructure nodes via Query & Transact, allowing builders to access and verify data and transaction information from the...Read More
Tl:dr: Coinbase Derivatives Exchange will launch its second listed crypto derivatives product on August 29th, 2022: Nano Ether futures contract (ET). ET futures will be accessible for trading via several leading third-party retail brokers and clearing firms upon its launch. Since launching on June 27th, the Nano Bitcoin futures contract (BIT) has traded a total...Read More
Tl;dr: We are excited to announce the expansion of our enhanced password protections. By protecting the first layer of our user’s account protection, their passwords, we are continuing our commitment to offer our customers with the best security tools to protect their funds and accounts. By Abhishek Agarwal, Group Product Manager At Coinbase, one of...Read More
Tl;dr: Ethereum is anticipated to move to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) on or around September 15, 2022 making it more secure, less energy-intensive, and better for implementing new scaling solutions. Rest assured, your assets will be safe and secure during this period and no action is required to upgrade on your part. The following piece outlines what...Read More
TL;DR: Coinbase believes crypto will be part of the solution for creating an open financial system that is both more efficient and more equitable. We co-founded the Centre Consortium in 2018 to invest in the build of USDC, and since then it has become the second largest stablecoin by market capitalization. We firmly believe that...Read More
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’ve upgraded Coinbase Prices and rebranded it as Coinbase Explore to provide users with a single platform to research the entire cryptoeconomy The cryptoeconomy is about far more than buying and selling and assets. But as more people do more with their crypto — earn, lend, collect NFTs, build communities, etc. — they...Read More
Tl;dr: Today, Coinbase is announcing an easy and secure way for eligible customers to earn staking rewards on Solana (SOL). By Thorsten Jaeckel, Senior Product Manager At Coinbase, we’re focused on offering more ways for customers to earn crypto rewards. Today, we’re announcing the expansion of our staking offerings to include Solana (SOL)with plans to...Read More
Tl;dr: We’re announcing two big updates to our Commerce platform: instant, free payments from Coinbase users to Commerce merchants, and seven new cryptocurrencies that can be used for payments through Commerce. One of Coinbase’s goals is to become a platform that brings together consumers and businesses in the cryptoeconomy. By making cryptocurrency transactions easier and...Read More
Tl:dr: Coinbase Derivatives Exchange (formerly FairX) will launch its first listed crypto derivatives product on June 27, 2022: Nano Bitcoin futures contract (BIT), with each contract sized at 1/100th of a bitcoin. Upon the June 27th launch, BIT futures will be accessible for trading via several leading third-party retail brokers and clearing firms. Coinbase Financial...Read More
TL;DR: Over the next month, eligible Coinbase customers will be able to send and receive ETH, MATIC, and USDC on Polygon, and USDC on Solana. The Polygon integration marks the first time Coinbase has enabled the ability to send and receive these assets on an L2 or sidechain. By Nemil Dalal, Director, Product Management and...Read More
Tl:dr Later this year, we’ll begin sunsetting Coinbase Pro to migrate all advanced trading into one unified Coinbase account, bringing customers access to popular features like staking, Borrow, dapp wallet, and Coinbase Card from a single platform balance. Advanced Trade on Coinbase.com is already available globally, with the same volume-based fees as Coinbase Pro. Over...Read More
By Sid Coelho-Prabhu, Director of Product Management, and Jeff Hinojosa, Product Manager Tl;dr We have completely redesigned the Coinbase Wallet mobile app to be more intuitive and visually-compelling. With best-in-class multichain support that now includes Solana, one tap access to view your DeFi positions, dark mode, and real time price charts, the new Wallet app...Read More
Tl;dr: Coinbase Wallet makes it simple to trade tokens on your choice of network. This month, we expanded our trading features to support token swaps on BNB Chain and Avalanche. By Catherine Shyu Sullivan, Senior Product Manager More than $1 trillion were traded on decentralized exchanges (DEXs) in 2021 — a staggering 858% increase from...Read More
Tl;dr: Coinbase enables web3 developers to integrate Coinbase Pay into their dapps, and MetaMask will be the first external wallet integration. By Prakash Hariramani, Senior Director, Product Management, and Bipul Sinha, Senior Product Manager We launched Coinbase Pay to make it easier to fund your Coinbase Wallet, and now we’re expanding this ease to the...Read More
As crypto becomes increasingly mainstream, our mission to bring economic freedom to the world by powering a crypto ecosystem accessible to all is more important than ever. A crucial factor to accessibility is helping ensure everyone can safely and appropriately participate in the cryptoeconomy while also keeping pace with evolving global regulations — a challenge...Read More
By Joe Lallouz, Head of Coinbase Cloud Coinbase Cloud is pleased to announce support of liquid staking through a collaboration with the Acala Foundation, starting with KSM liquid staking on Karura. Liquid staking lets token holders stake their tokens while still putting them to work in DeFi — without being subject to unbonding periods. This...Read More
