Coinbase

Coinbase, founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam, is a widely recognized cryptocurrency exchange that offers a platform for buying, selling, and storing digital currencies. It's known for its strong emphasis on regulatory compliance and security, making it a popular choice among both novice and experienced crypto investors. Coinbase supports a variety of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin, and provides additional services like a digital wallet and educational resources for users.


Policy

Australia's Treasury and Reserve Bank Held Consultations With Coinbase, Others

Private meetings have been held this week around the Treasury's token mapping consultation paper.

Tom Duff Gordon, vice president of international policy at Coinbase, discusses future of crypto, live from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase Is Adding DeFi Apps Uniswap and Aave to Its Base Blockchain: Source

A person familiar with the process said Uniswap would probably appear on Base in a couple of months.

Base booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase Files Amicus Brief in Insider Trading Case: ‘We Need Rulemaking’

The exchange denies any of the tokens former Coinbase manager Ishan Wahi traded with associates were securities because Coinbase doesn’t list securities – but it would like to if the SEC gave it proper rules and guidance.

Bitwise submitted an S-1 form to the SEC, a step forward for its dogecoin ETF plans. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase Officially Suspends Binance USD Stablecoin Trading

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong previously said the decision was made due to liquidity concerns.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Videos

Crypto Bank Silvergate Shutdown: 3 Key Takeaways

The crypto meltdown has claimed its first big casualty in the mainstream financial system. California-based Silvergate Bank plans to "voluntarily liquidate" its assets and wind down operations. Here are three key things to know about the company’s unwinding and what it means for the crypto industry and beyond.

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Markets

USDC Volatility Lifts Bitcoin's Coinbase Premium to 3-Year High

While the Coinbase premium is usually taken to represent stronger buying pressure from U.S. investors, that's probably not the case this time.

Bitcoin's Coinbase Premium Index (CryptoQuant)

Finance

Coinbase Pauses Conversions Between USDC and U.S. Dollars as Banking Crisis Roils Crypto

Circle earlier confirmed it has $3.3 billion backing its USDC stablecoin parked at now-shuttered Silicon Valley Bank.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (CoinDesk)

Videos

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest Buys Over $20M in Coinbase Shares

Noted growth investor Cathie Wood's Ark Invest bought more shares of crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) on Thursday than it bought in all of January. The firm added a total of more than 350,000 shares valued at $20.6 million based on Thursday's closing price, the biggest one-day purchase this year. In January, it bought 333,637 shares. "The Hash" panel discusses what to make of Wood's continued Coinbase bets. 

Recent Videos

Finance

Cathie Wood's Ark Invest Buys $22M in Coinbase Shares

Ark now owns 9.9 million shares of the crypto exchange worth $575 million.

Coinbase (COIN) reports fourth quarter earnings on Thursday and is expected to post strong numbers as trading volume picked up in the last few months of the year. (Piggybank/Unsplash)

Markets

Ether Hits Two-Month Low Under $1.4K as Coinbase Premium Index Dwindles

The decline comes as New York Attorney General referred to ETH as a security in its lawsuit against the cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin.

Ether's daily price chart (CoinDesk/Highcharts.com)