Tag: Coinbase

February 17, 2018 BY Mariela Naydenova

What caused the overcharging of Coinbase customers?

Many argue that online exchanges are a rip-off for users, especially when fees range anywhere from 1% to 8%. Coinbase, one of the world’s most popular digital wallets, overcharged thousands of dollars its customers instead of just taking the normal transaction fee. It recently came clear that the overcharging happened due to a bug linked…

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February 13, 2018 BY Valentina Kirilova

BlockEx, CEX.IO, Coinbase, and CryptoCompare set up self-regulatory body CryptoUK

BlockEx, CEX.IO, Coinbase, CoinShares, CommerceBlock, CryptoCompare, and eToro informed that they have joined together to launch a self-regulatory trade body – CryptoUK – to improve industry standards and engage policy makers on the future of the sector. CryptoUK will work to raise understanding of the sector at a time of significant growth in popularity and…

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December 22, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin value falls 30% after hitting all-time high

After hitting an all-time high of $20,000 just days ago, Bitcoin has now dropped with almost one third of its value, now trading at around $13,000. After reaching a peak last Sunday, investors are now taking a “cold shower” with the decreasing price of the digital currency. There are several reasons why that might be…

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December 21, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

What happened with Bitcoin Cash and Coinbase?

One of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges, Coinbase, launched Bitcoin Cash on their platform, and just hours after the announcement, they halted the trading of the newly added product on their exchange. Just before Coinbase launched Bitcoin Cash, the price of the digital currency was rising and this rise happened just hours before the launch on…

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Coinbase Advanced partners with Coinrule for AI-automated trading
November 17, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Coinbase charms hedge funds with a new storage service

Coinbase, the digital online platform for trading cryptocurrencies, is now charming hedge funds with a new institutional storage service targeted specifically for institutional investors, reported Coindesk. The new storage service will be aimed at investors with a minimum of $10 million in deposits, according to Brian Armstrong, the Co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. The procedure will…

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September 25, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

The Rise of Cryptocurrency Jobs

Angel’s List reported that cryptocurrency job opportunities have increased by over 100% from March up until now. As Bitcoin price levels are going up and down constantly, the hunger for cryptocurrency jobs is going up with a tremendous speed. According to The Next Web, the current pay for crypto jobs is around 10-20% higher than…

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Coinbase adds Stellar Lumens (XLM) on its professional trading platform
January 17, 2017 BY admin

DFS grants BitLicense to U.S. based Coinbase

Financial Services Superintendent Maria T. Vullo today announced that the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has approved the application of Coinbase, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Coinbase Global, Inc., for a virtual currency and a money transmitter license. As a leading state financial services regulator, DFS has rapidly responded to innovations…

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Coinbase adds Stellar Lumens (XLM) on its professional trading platform
December 07, 2016 BY Valentina Kirilova

Coinbase partners with law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Digital asset exchange and solutions provider Coinbase just announced that has partnered with leading law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP to release a Blockchain Token Securities Law Framework. The company has also created a Framework Tool as a guide for developers and users of blockchain tokens. As the development of blockchain tokens (also known as App…

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Coinbase adds Stellar Lumens (XLM) on its professional trading platform
November 08, 2016 BY admin

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase debuts upgraded website

Today, digital asset exchange and solutions provider Coinbase unveiled a redesigned Coinbase website. Originally built as a simple bitcoin wallet, the new Coinbase.com now takes significant strides toward becoming a fully-featured digital asset platform. Back in July, the company added support for Ethereum, which now accounts for nearly 15% of trading volume on Coinbase. With the…

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