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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....

Coinbase – one of the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the world – announced earlier in the week that it is taking heavy action against Russian accounts on its platform. The company has worked to block as many as 25,000 separate crypto accounts allegedly stemming from Russia and that are believed to be involved in illicit activity. Coinbase Works Against Russian Accounts In addition, Coinbase says that it is revamping its efforts to push against...

Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has a white hat hacker to thank after he discovered a potential security flaw that could have resulted in devastating losses for customers. Coinbase Could Have Been Stuck in a Rut The security engineer who discovered the problem goes by the name Tree of Alpha. A real name is unknown at the time of writing, though this white hat hacker has ultimately garnered a bounty of about $250,000 from Coinbase due to his recent discovery....

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...

Mastercard is expanding its crypto department. The credit card giant announced early in the week that it’s looking to help companies around the world better understand the growing digital currency industry and will hire as many as 500 individuals in the coming year to facilitate its ongoing crypto projects. Mastercard Is Building Its Crypto Services Mastercard is seeking to lend itself out as a consultant of sorts to businesses and enterprises everywhere looking to set...

The leading cryptocurrency trading venue appointed Scott Bauguess as the newest member of its policy team. The American spent 11 years as a top executive at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Another Veteran on Board Coinbase continues to expand its management unit by hiring the financer Scott Bauguess as Vice President for global regulatory policy. As such, he will coordinate the exchange’s interaction with watchdogs. Bauguess has experience with regulators...

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Popular crypto-exchange Coinbase saw its shares spike as the markets opened today, after bringing millions of Superbowl viewers to their site on Sunday. Coinbase was trading 5% down on the Nasdaq over the weekend. However, their stock is back up 3% as of Monday, trading at about $200. The movement comes following a successful Superbowl ad campaign from the exchange, where it competed against other noteworthy ads from Crypto.com and FTX. The ad announced $15 in free Bitcoin...

One River Digital Asset Management has teamed up with the US cryptocurrency exchange giant Coinbase to offer a separately managed account (SMA) platform for wealth management firms. ONE Digital SMA for Crypto Exposure In a press release published on Friday (February 11, 2022), One River Digital launched the ONE Digital SMA for clients of Coinbase Prime. The new offering will enable users with a Coinbase Prime account to maintain ownership of their digital assets while also...

Bitcoin started out as a technological experiment more than a decade ago. Since then, the global financial markets have undergone a tremendous shift. At the center of the digital currency revolution is blockchain technology which gave rise to the first-ever smart contract platform, Ethereum. Over the past years, the Ethereum network has become a significant driver offering users the ability to interact in a truly decentralized manner. Decentralized exchanges or DEXs are part...