Wallet


Policy

Coinbase Exchange Remains Inactive in India, While Other Operations Are Still Active

The question of the extent of Coinbase's operations in India was triggered after it sent emails to some customers asking them to withdraw their funds by September 25.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong (Coinbase)

Tech

StarkWare Restores Crypto Access for Delinquent Wallet Updaters, After Complaints on X

After users complained on X, StarkWare walked back on a move in which it implemented an upgrade that made users' funds inaccessible.

StarkWare co-founders President Eli Ben-Sasson and CEO Uri Kolodny (StarkWare)

Tech

Fireblocks Discloses ‘Zero Day’ Vulnerabilities Impacting Leading MPC Wallets

It’s unlikely users were impacted by the vulnerabilities – collectively referred to as “BitForge” – but Fireblocks says they could’ve let hackers “drain funds from the wallets of millions of retail and institutional customers in seconds” if left unfixed.

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Finance

Circle Seeks to Make Crypto Payments Easier With New 'Programmable Wallets'

The product is aimed at payments from businesses to customers.

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire (left) with Michael Casey, chief content officer of CoinDesk (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)

Finance

GameStop to Remove Crypto Wallets Citing 'Regulatory Uncertainty'

The company will remove its iOS and Chrome wallet extensions on Nov. 1.

(Walter Knerr/Pixabay)

Videos

Eco App CEO on Launching 'Cash-Like' Crypto Wallet 'Beam'

Coinbase and a16z-backed crypto wallet Beam went live Thursday. Andy Bromberg, CEO of the Eco app and contributor to the Eco protocol, discusses the launch and how Beam offers a more "cash-like" experience compared to other digital wallets.

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Web3

Suku May Beat Musk to Crypto Twitter Payment Adoption

Last week, Web3 wallet Suku teamed up with Polygon to release a free open-edition NFT collection – during which users minted over 50,000 NFTs directly on Twitter.

Suku and Polygon's Twitter-based NFT mint (Suku)

Finance

Coinbase, a16z-Backed 'Cash-Like' Crypto Wallet Beam Goes Live

Where most wallets require signing up, performing a degree of KYC checks, Beam users can send payments simply by using a link to a QR code. Thus it is aiming to create the closest possible equivalent to using crypto like cash.

Beam (PIxabay/GuentherDillingen)

Tech

Code Wallet Aims for Fresh Start on Solana After Messy Tale of Kik and KIN

The minimalist payment app is built around the cryptocurrency KIN, which forced its creator – the messaging app Kik – to pay a $5 million fine to the SEC following a $100 million ICO.

Ted Livingston speaks at Kin Ambassadors event in NYC April 2018. Photo by Brady Dale for CoinDesk.

Videos

Merchants on Messaging App Telegram Gain Access to In-App Crypto Payments for First Time

Merchants on Telegram are now able to accept payment in cryptocurrency as services provider Wallet expands beyond its chat-centric payments mechanism. "The Hash" panel discusses the latest developments for the messaging app.

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