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Brian Armstrong – Chief Executive Officer of Coinbase – expects the ongoing crypto winter to last around 12 to 18 months. However, he admitted that his company is prepared for a prolonged bear market because it coincides with a broader macroeconomic crisis. Armstrong believes Coinbase will not have problems enduring the negative conditions since it has passed through similar market declines four times in its ten-year-old existence. It Should be Over by the end of 2023 In a...

Brian Armstrong – CEO of Coinbase – stated on Thursday that he would refuse to censor the Ethereum blockchain using his platform’s concentrated stake in the protocol.  If compelled by the government to do so, he’d rather shut down the service. Armstrong made his intentions clear in response to an Ethereum developer’s question concerning the centralization of staked ETH. According to Dune Analytics, 66% of ETH staked on the beacon chain is held by entities that are regulated...

Just yesterday, Live Bitcoin News issued an article discussing Coinbase and its blocking of roughly 25,000 illicit accounts that supposedly stemmed from Russia. Coinbase Has Nothing Against Russia Despite the conflict occurring in eastern Europe, executives and employees of the digital trading platform stated that the action taken had nothing to do with the war but rather with a larger attempt to battle fraud and illicit behavior in the digital currency industry....

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) recently flagged Brian Armstrong and Jesse Powell – CEOs of Coinbase and Kraken respectively – for tweets surrounding Canada’s freedom convoy protests. Each has been accused of offering advice on how to evade national financial emergency restrictions through the use of self-custodial crypto wallets. Crypto CEOs Against Canada’s Government According to a report from The Logic, Kristen Rose – the OSC’s manager of public affairs – said the...

The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Shopify – Tobias “Tobi” Lütke – will join Coinbase’s Board of Directors. The CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange – Brian Armstrong – described him as a “tremendous entrepreneur” who also deeply believes in “the power of crypto.” Lütke to Sit Among The Directors In a recent blog post, Armstrong stated that Coinbase seeks to expand its international scope and build new products. In his view, having “Tobi” Lütke onboard would be highly...

Cryptocurrency executives are tapping the real-estate market. The latest one to do so is none other than Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong, who just bought a lavish Bel-Air property from Japanese entrepreneur Hideki Tomita that was previously owned by Seagram Heiress Ellen Bronfman. Brian Armstrong’s Costly Affair in LA According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Armstrong purchased a massive $133 million Los Angeles estate. The deal was closed in December last year, and...

Not too long ago, Jackson Palmer – the co-creator of the popular meme currency Dogecoin – issued a series of attacks on the cryptocurrency space, calling it inherently “right wing” and an arena that has allowed a bunch of people to build their wealth through “tax avoidance, diminished regulatory oversight and artificially enforced scarcity.” It looks like Brian Armstrong – the CEO of Coinbase, one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world – is not taking these words...

Customers of Coinbase – one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world – are about to get a big surprise if they are Dogecoin fans. The asset – which has recently become the fourth largest cryptocurrency by market cap – will now be supported by the San Francisco-based trading platform, meaning clients can buy, sell, and trade the currency granted they have supported payment methods attached to their accounts. Coinbase Is Going to Support Dogecoin Dogecoin has...

Coinbase-CEO Brian Armstrong hat durch den Coinbase-IPO Millionengewinne gemacht. Der Börsengang des Krypto-Handelsplatzes bescherte dem Vorstandsmitglied knapp 300 Millionen US-Dollar. Auch der restliche Coinbase-Vorstand machte durch das IPO Kasse. US-Börsenaufsicht SEC veröffentlicht Coinbase-Gewinne Der Krypto-Handelsplatz Coinbase ging Mitte April an die Börse und konnte den Wert der Coinbase-Papiere von anfänglich 250 US-Dollar auf zeitweise über 420 US-Dollar erhöhen....

Brian Armstrong – the CEO of Coinbase, one of the world’s largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges – has been having one heck of a week. The trading platform made its stock debut on the Nasdaq a few days ago, and things appear to really be taking off. Brian Armstrong: No Hacks, No Regulation Coinbase saw its stock trading for well over $300 per share. Given that the company is likely valued at more than $100 billion at this stage, this is small beans compared...