By Mike Co In recent days, stablecoins have grown by nearly $3 billion. As a brief primer, a stablecoin is “a digital currency designed to maintain price parity to some ‘stable’ asset. A stablecoin can have its value ‘pegged’ to fiat money, to gold, to other digital currencies, to exchange-traded commodities, etc.” There are currently at least...Read More
By Melissa Zhang Crypto at its core has always been intended for a global audience. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have no concept of borders, allowing for value to transfer seamlessly across the Internet. Coinbase’s vision and mission is to build an open financial system for the world. As of mid-2017, Coinbase was supporting translations in eight...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
The most widely used American cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, reported increased $1,200 deposits yesterday. Interestingly, this coincides with the stimulus checks for the same amount that the U.S. government began sending this week to fight the financial struggles caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Record $1,200 Coinbase Deposits According to data provided by Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong,...Read More
For well over a month now, a great number of countries have been living under lockdowns and stay-at-home orders due to the coronavirus outbreak. Meanwhile, central banks like the Fed, Bank of England (BoE), and European Central Bank (ECB) have funneled trillions into the hands of private financial incumbents. Despite the market carnage on March...Read More
The most popular U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, saw an increase of deposits and buy orders during the panic sell in mid-March. While customers were purchasing various digital assets, Bitcoin was the clear leader with the most buyers during the drop. Coinbase Reviews The March Panic Sell 12-13th of March marked one of the most violent...Read More
Watch Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong speak to how Bitcoin was created for moments like this On March 26, Coinbase had its first ever fully remote Company All Hands. Watch Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong kick off the virtual meeting by talking about: Why crypto is the money people need in this moment Why fiat currency isn’t hygienic or convenient,...Read More
Given “shelter in place” orders issued around the U.S. as a result of COVID-19, we wanted to keep you updated on information about our response to this development as well as the security and accessibility of your assets over the next few weeks. To read about the broader actions being taken by Coinbase, see a...Read More
Despite the crashing markets, companies are working hard to boost the further adoption of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. In two separate announcements, Coinbase and the popular internet browser Opera revealed that they’ve made serious strides in this regard. Coinbase Card Usable With Google Pay The leading cryptocurrency exchange in the US, Coinbase, allows its users to...Read More
Android users can now add Coinbase Card, a Visa debit card funded by crypto, directly to their Google Pay wallets. With the launch of Google Pay, Coinbase now becomes the first company to enable users to make mobile payments powered by their crypto balances. Google Pay gives Coinbase Card customers a fast, secure way to...Read More
Around the Block: Analysis on the bZx Attack, DeFi Vulnerabilities, The State of Debit Cards in Crypto, and Other Crypto News Coinbase Around the Block sheds light on key issues in the crypto space. In this edition, we analyze the bZx attack, uncover some of DeFi’s vulnerabilities, and discuss the state of debit cards in crypto....Read More
Now available to all clients, this update makes Coinbase Custody simpler and easier to use. By Allen Osgood, product manager, Coinbase Custody It’s been a busy month at Coinbase Custody. This week we launched a completely refreshed product experience with a brand new interface, we upgraded our read-only API endpoints, and we started paying for client network...Read More
Coinbase Around the Block sheds light on key issues in the crypto space. In this edition, we reveal key takeaways from the upcoming Bitcoin halving as well as Ethereum’s newest competition. To date, Bitcoin has undergone two halvings (2012 and 2016), and we are quickly approaching the third. For background, Bitcoin pioneered a deflationary economic...Read More
The leading cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, Coinbase, has been approved as the very first “pure-play” crypto-related company to become a Visa principal member. Supposedly, this would allow the exchange to further improve its customer experience. Coinbase Becomes Visa Principal Member According to an official release, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange has managed to...Read More
Coinbase becomes a Visa principal member Coinbase becomes the first pure-play cryptocurrency company to receive Visa membership. Today we’re announcing that Coinbase has become the first pure-play crypto company to be approved as a Visa principal member. Visa membership will enable us to further improve the customer experience, making it easier to spend cryptocurrency in...Read More
When it comes to investments, especially in cryptocurrencies, the United States authorities are very strict in protecting investors from risks and losses. For this reason, crypto companies often exclude US residents from their offerings due to strict regulatory policies Although no laws are banning Americans from using margin trading, the regulations remain unclear. Thus, to...Read More
These two certifications highlight the procedures and security we have in place to provide a world-class custodial platform. Since its founding in 2012, Coinbase has prided itself on “building trust through compliance.” This ethos impacts everything we do and each service we provide. From being awarded one of the first New York Bitlicenses in 2017,...Read More
Starting today, Coinbase Pro customers in 23 U.S. states can access up to 3x leverage on USD-quoted books. Today we’re excited to announce the availability of margin trading for eligible Coinbase Pro customers. Margin has been one of our most requested features, and today we’re delivering an experience that we’re confident our customers will find...Read More
Coin staking is becoming very popular among cryptocurrency investors. One of the reasons for that is because it allows holders to earn passively. Amid stacking pools and wallets, more and more exchanges are jumping on the staking bandwagon as well. The increased interest was recently exemplified in a recent Binance Research report, showing that the...Read More
The U.S. based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has hired a former Google executive as a new Chief Product Officer (CPO). After over a month since the previous CPO left the company, the popular exchange has replaced him with Surojit Chatterjee. Coinbase Hires A New CPO In December last year, Jeremy Henrickson left his position at the...Read More
The number of active entities holding Bitcoin is continuously growing over the years to the current number of over 23 million, according to a recent report. Cryptocurrency exchanges control 13% of all bitcoins, and Coinbase is the leader with the most considerable stash. The popular blockchain monitoring resource, Glassnode, recently published its new paper regarding...Read More
Crypto is entering its second decade, after 10 years of highly dynamic development. Brian Armstrong, CEO, and co-founder of Coinbase revealed his expectations for the coming decade. User Base to Expand to 1 Billion for One Scalable Blockchain Predicting what comes for crypto assets will also in a way outline and affect their future, commented...Read More
After ending 2019 with bad news of being banned on Google Play, Ethereum crypto wallet and dApp platform, MetaMask, managed to make a comeback on January 1st, 2020. Google Reverses Decision The Ethereum ecosystem saw a small setback in the last week of 2019 after Google decided to ban the Android client of MetaMask from...Read More
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for bad news in crypto, with Youtube’s removal of hundreds of videos, Google Play’s removal of Metamask, and now Coinbase mobile wallet users facing an announcement their app is losing its dapp browser, reportedly due to restrictive policy requirements from Apple. Some are calling the announcement “the last...Read More
Since bitcoin and digital currencies have become popular, fiat on and off-ramps have sprung up that allow investors to enter and exit the cryptoconomy. However, many of the entryways into cryptocurrency markets have a hefty fee between 1-4% of the overall purchase and in order to obtain fiat for crypto the fees are just as...Read More
Coinbase is shutting down the startup Earn.com which it acquired for an estimated $100 million last year. The email service allowed senders to pay users in digital currency for replying to commercial messages or completing tasks. Also Read: Coinbase Acquires Earn.com for an Estimated $100 Million Coinbase Says Goodbye to Earn.com San Francisco-based cryptocurrency trading...Read More
By Scott Shapiro, Group Product Manager Introducing: Refreshed Home screen — your front page of the cryptoeconomy Updated Portfolio tab — delivers more personalized insights about your investment performance Expanded market insights — dynamic updates based on overall market and individual crypto price movements New Coinbase app Home on iOS Millions of people turn to...Read More
By Zeeshan Feroz, CEO, Coinbase UK Creating an open financial system takes its shape in many different ways, and in turn benefits people differently, too. That’s why this December we’re partnering with DustAid to enable our customers to donate crypto to three brilliant charities this Christmas. DustAid is an organisation that facilitates crypto donations to...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
The primary pull of decentralized crypto assets is financial freedom from the flawed banking system. Bitcoin is one step but without greater adoption it is still just a speculative vehicle. DeFi and decentralized protocols based on banking are another and they’re gaining traction fast.Crypto Exchanges too CentralizedMany envisaged 2019 being the year of the DEX....Read More
