Coinbase and BlackRock Partner to Offer Institutional Clients Crypto Trading Access LeapRate

August 05, 2022 BY Alan Sayer

Coinbase and BlackRock Partner to Offer Institutional Clients Crypto Trading Access

To begin with, only trading access to bitcoin will be provided, although Coinbase said they will continue to progress the platform integration and roll out functionality in phases to interested clients. Joseph Chalom, Global Head of Strategic Ecosystem Partnerships at BlackRock, said: "Our institutional clients are increasingly interested in gaining exposure to digital asset markets…

July 18, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Coinbase secures crypto licence in Italy

Nana Murugesan, Vice President, International and Business Development, said: Building a constructive relationship with regulators in every jurisdiction in which we operate is incredibly important as we march toward our mission of increasing economic freedom in every corner of the world. Gaining this regulatory approval is a testament to our close collaboration and positive working…

June 30, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Coinbase is going after European licenses as it looks to expand outside of US

Murugesan said: In all these markets our intention is to have retail and institutional products. It’s almost like an existential priority for us to make sure that we are able to realize our mission by accelerating our expansion efforts. Coinbase ‘s expansion plans come as response to the looming “crypto winter.” Murugesan stated that the…

June 23, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Coinbase discontinues Coinbase Pro, migrates advanced trading to main app

As a result, there has been overlap in features and customers “often experience friction when transferring balances back-and-forth between the two products.” The exchange stated: To resolve this friction and offer customers the best of both worlds, we have rebuilt the full Coinbase Pro advanced trading experience within the Coinbase mobile app and Coinbase.com. As…

June 15, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Binance announces 2,000 open job positions, Coinbase reduces staff by 18%

Brian Armstrong stated: We appear to be entering a recession after a 10+ year economic boom. A recession could lead to another crypto winter, and could last for an extended period. While it’s hard to predict the economy or the markets, we always plan for the worst so we can operate the business through any…

January 13, 2022 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Coinbase acquires derivatives exchange FairX

Coinbase confirmed its plans to offer crypto derivatives and make the derivatives market more approachable for its retail customers. The official announcement said: Through this acquisition, we plan to bring regulated crypto derivatives to market, initially through FairX’s existing partner ecosystem. Following its announcement, Coinbase explained in a tweet that adding derivatives trading to its…

December 15, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

eToro and Coinbase under fire for misleading crypto ads

Coinbase’s ad appeared on Facebook on 27 July 2021 and stated “£5 in #Bitcoin in 2010 would be worth over £100,000 in January 2021. Don’t miss out on the next decade – get started on Coinbase today”. The firm also went on to label its competitors “unregulated. The British advertising regulator said that both ads…

July 02, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Forex Weekly Look Back: IG completes $1billion deal with tastytrade, Robinhood files for IPO

BlackBull Markets has revealed a partnership with affiliate marketing network Commission Junction. The New Zealand-based fintech firm pointed out that the Commission Junction was selected as a referral partner due to its broad network of collaborators and reputation for complementing the organic growth that companies experience. BlackBull Markets will start drawing on Commission Junction’s solutions…

BaFin warns about the paradigm shift following Brexit

June 29, 2021 BY Steffy Bogdanova

Coinbase receives crypto license from German regulator BaFin

Coinbase also discussed in its press release the already thriving scene surrounding blockchain and noted that Germany is, in fact, the second-ranking country after the US when measuring the amount of Bitcoin nodes being processed. The announcement revealed that Coinbase Germany GmbH is due to be launched in the next few weeks, intending to serve…

April 16, 2021 BY PureContent

Coinbase IPO goes live

Technically speaking, direct listings such as these are not IPOs in the traditional sense, but they are commonly referred to as such due to the fact that the result of becoming publicly owned, as opposed to privately owned, is ultimately the same. This particular listing has gained attention as Coinbase's valuation has recently been set…

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