The advanced trading wing of Coinbase has announced that it will finally support XRP/fiat trading pairs. The launch of the digital asset on the Coinbase Pro platform will be staggered across four phases, the first of which is live already. The XRP price has responded positively to the announcement. The controversial digital currency posted gains…
Different crypto exchanges appear to be aligning themselves with different crypto projects. Binance is big on Tron and the new BitTorrent token it exclusively launched recently and Coinbase is now promoting Basic Attention Token through a new scheme called Earn which allows you to do exactly that. Launched today, Coinbase Earn allows those invited via…
After miners, it is crypto exchanges that stand before the wrath of a bearish cryptocurrency market. Liqui, a small but a long-running crypto trading company, announced today that it would close down its operations. In a straightforward goodbye note, the Ukrainian exchange said that it was unable to provide liquidity to its customers. Therefore, it…
Bitcoin has undoubtedly come a long way in its ten-year history. And while “Bitcoin” has become a popular word in the world’s vernacular, Brian Armstrong, the chief executive at Coinbase and an advocate for an inclusive and decentralized financial system, has claimed that the project is still in its infancy. Who Is Brian Armstrong? Brian…
As the crippling US government shutdown rolls into its fifth week major crypto exchanges are looking at alternative markets. They don’t come much bigger than Coinbase which has just expanded trading options for big traders in Europe and Asia. High Volume Traders Only The new options are not available to everyone though as only Coinbase…
Institutional this, institutional that — the narrative that Wall Streeters are going to pick Bitcoin off its feet has become a rallying cry for many of crypto’s most fervent optimists. However, a damning report claims that the unrelenting push for institutional participation from Coinbase has begun to relent, albeit only slightly. Related Reading: Wall Street Still…
The entire premise set in motion by Satoshi Nakamoto ten years ago was one of a decentralized peer to peer currency beyond the control of governments, banks and mega corporations. Fast forward to 2019 and we have yet to achieve that goal as banks are still controlling the inflow and outflow of fiat to crypto,…
Cryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase and others drive their revenue through the fees users are charged for the trades or purchases they make. However, a new user survey being circulated by Coinbase appears to hint at the cryptocurrency powerhouse exploring new fee models, including a subscription model. Coinbase Survey Polls Users on Potential Subscription Model Companies…
Although Coinbase has recently become a controversial company, especially as it began to add crypto assets left and right, the company has long had an unrelenting drive for innovation. Since setting up shop in 2012, the San Francisco-headquartered startup, headed by a former Airbnb employee with visions of grandeur, has quickly set the industry standard in…
Bitcoin may have been dubbed the “world’s most secure transaction settlement layer” by Anthony Pompliano, but the industry surrounding the protocol may not be all too secure. Case in point, crypto startups have forked out over $878,000 in bounty to white hat hackers in 2018, specifically for solving bugs that slipped under the radar. Crypto…