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Difficult to prove, yet often suspected, insider trading has been a staple practice of dishonest investors ever since the stock markets took off. Over time, regulators like the SEC were founded in order to fight the phenomenon – despite it being an elusive one hard to pin on a perpetrator. This is due to the nature of insider trading, which can be set off by nothing more than a seemingly off-hand comment about a company or other between acquaintances behind closed doors....

Coinbase – one of the largest and most popular crypto exchanges in the world – opened its new non-fungible token (NFT) division to dismal results. The department has been in beta mode since late April and finally opened on May 4, yet experienced little traction. The NFT Coinbase Market Isn’t Doing Well Many are wondering if this is a sign that the NFT market has reached its peak. The NFT space has grown exponentially in recent years and now boasts a market cap exceeding...

Coinbase announced facilitating access to Ethereum-based decentralized applications directly through the Coinbase app. This update will enable eligible app users to purchase NFTs on marketplaces such as the recently launched Coinbase NFT or OpenSea, trade on decentralized exchanges, and start borrowing, lending, or swapping through DeFi platforms like Compound. Web 3 on Coinbase App As revealed by Coibase’s director of product management Rishi Dean, the Web 3 capabilities on...

Coinbase Co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong squarely blamed the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for employing “informal pressure” and denying the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) services that led to Coinbase halting its trading services three days after the launch on April 7. Coinbase India Launch Experience Speaking for the first time on the issue, Armstrong explained what led to the suspension of the company’s services in India and how it plans to stage a comeback. During the...

OK Coin – a popular and large digital currency trading platform – has agreed to take up office space in downtown San Jose, part of the Silicon Valley in northern California. The region is known for hosting a wide array of many of the world’s leading tech companies including Apple, Facebook, and Google. OK Coin Leases Large San Jose Office Space The office address is 160 W. Santa Clara St. and consists of 35,000 square feet. In other words, it’s pretty darn big. OK Coin...

After spending almost a decade working for the Wall Street behemoth – JPMorgan Chase & Co – Guillaume Chatain took the leap towards blockchain and crypto, where he helped establish a regulated digital broker-dealer. As of now, he is the Head of EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) Sales at the leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange – Coinbase – a position which he occupies for over a year. From JP Morgan to Coinbase: The Future of Finance Chatain made a huge...

Surojit Chatterjee is the chief product officer of Coinbase, one of the largest and most established crypto exchanges in the world. He recently emerged at a conference talking about India’s recent decision to implement a custom it first began roughly four years ago. It appears all banks in India are once again pulling support for crypto payments. India and Crypto… A Complicated Relationship This is very similar to what occurred in 2018. At that time, all banks in India...

Crypto adoption in the United Kingdom continues to rise, with a reported 33% of the country’s consumers having previously invested in such assets. The figure is up 4% from six months prior, and is second in Europe only to the Netherlands’ whopping 47% statistic. Britons Buying Bitcoin The stat was gleaned from a bi-annual analysis conducted by Qualtrics, on behalf of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. It found that 61% of Britons who already own cryptocurrency plan to increase...

Created by the leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase Wallet is quickly becoming a preferred self-custody wallet among users. It offers a very familiar user experience to existing solutions, which makes the overall transition seamless for those who’ve already worked with a self-custody wallet. Moreover, it carries the reputation and confidence instilled by the Coinbase brand. Coinbase Wallet was launched in 2018 and has managed to become one of the best...

2TM Group, the holding company of Brazil’s first crypto brokerage Mercado Bitcoin, has ended its merger and acquisition talks with the leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Coinbase and 2TM End Buyout Talks According to the report, Coinbase intended to acquire a controlling interest or a minority share in 2TM. CryptoPotato reported in March that the buyout talks first started late last year and...