Tag: Coinbase

Coinbase steams ahead with blockchain launch
April 24, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Coinbase closes Chicago office, scales back operational costs

The largest US cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, is closing its Chicago office and scales down the development of its matching engine. The news comes from Fortune Magazine. The Chicago office of Coinbase was actually opened in 2018, as the company considered this to be a great move to tap into the city's great financial positioning, as…

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Coinbase crypto exchange expands custodial services in Asia market
April 04, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Coinbase introduces $255 million insurance arrangements

Coinbase just revealed a new $255 million-insurance arrangement for its clients. In a blog post made by the company, the Vice President of Security, Philip Martin, announced that hot wallets (online assets that are “vulnerable” to hacks) have been insured for an amount of up to $255 million. This means that all digital coins stored…

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Coinbase crypto exchange expands custodial services in Asia market
March 05, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

A not-so-sweet marriage: what happened with Coinbase and Neutrino?

In February 2019, Coinbase, the largest US cryptocurrency exchange, acquired blockchain analytics startup, Neutrino. The Italian company was acquired for an undisclosed amount of funds, and even right after the acquisition, Coinbase faced immediate backlash over the move since Neutrino had some suspicious roots in its development as a company and especially in its team.…

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Match-Trade launches a Partnership Program
February 28, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Coinbase and SoFi - a new, promising "trading" partnership

Coinbase and San Francisco-located online lending company, SoFi, are partnering on a new trading “initiative”. SoFi plans to let its users trade cryptocurrencies on its platform with the help of Coinbase’s partnership. The news comes from CNBC. The new feature will be made available to SoFi’s clients on the SoFi Invest platform. The project is…

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Coinbase crypto exchange expands custodial services in Asia market
February 25, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Coinbase adds XRP on its professional trading platform

Coinbase is improving the trading experience for its professional traders by adding the third largest cryptocurrency by market cap, XRP, to its Coinbase Pro platform. The US crypto exchange announced the addition on Monday, February 25th. While trading will not be enabled right away, users of the professional platform will be able to transfer XRP…

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February 19, 2019 BY Mariela Naydenova

Coinbase acquires Neutrino - a blockchain analytics startup

Coinbase is on a roll. It has made another major acquisition, soon after the US exchange acquired Blockspring and soon after it made major improvements in its offerings to clients. The largest US crypto exchange even added a stablecoin to its portfolio. Coinbase just made a very interesting acquisition. Buying Neutrino, an Italian blockchain surveillance company…

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Mac Users Alert: New CookieMiner malware strain targets crypto accounts
February 06, 2019 BY Valentina Kirilova

Mac Users Alert: New CookieMiner malware strain targets crypto accounts

According to Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42, a multinational cybersecurity company, a new insidious malware strain, given the name “CookieMiner”, is targeting Mac users in order to compromise their cryptocurrency accounts. The firm noted that: The attack targets cookies associated with cryptocurrency exchanges that include Binance, Coinbase, Poloniex, Bittrex, Bitstamp, MyEtherWallet, and any website having…

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