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The most widely used US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase went down during Bitcoin’s latest surge above the $10,000 mark. After a few days of discontent from the community, the company recently published a statement claiming that the unusually high traffic prompted technical difficulties. Traffic Brings Down Coinbase As CryptoPotato reported recently, the US-based exchange went offline for nearly an hour when Bitcoin conquered the coveted $10k level. Unfortunately for Coinbase, this was...

The team behind the popular privacy-oriented Brave browser found itself in the middle of a tweetstorm after it became public that the browser autocompletes verbatim in its address bar to add an affiliate code from which the company generates income.The Affiliate BrowserA popular cryptocurrency commentator took it to Twitter to reveal that the Brave browser has been automatically completing certain domains to add a referral code.So when you are using the @brave browser and type in...

Recently emerged public documents indicate that the largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange –Coinbase – plans to sell blockchain analytics software to two US government agencies.At the same time, a Twitter poll suggests that almost 50% of participants would delete their Coinbase accounts.Coinbase To Sell Analytic Software To Government Agencies?The public records link the popular cryptocurrency exchange with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)....

Popular Lebanese-American essayist and economist, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, recently revealed that he has closed his Coinbase account. Taleb, who is also a former options trader and a risk analyst, complained that the US-based exchange was uncooperative in resolving some technical issues. Taleb Closes His Cloinbase Account Apart from being a well-known economist, Taleb is also the author of The Black Swan. It describes impossible-to-predict adverse events in all areas of life and how people...

Following yesterday’s sudden, short-term bitcoin spike, Coinbase – one of the largest and most popular crypto exchanges in the United States – experienced an outage that prevented customers from taking advantage of the volatility.Coinbase Experiences Another Outage, and People Aren’t Too HappyThis seems to be a pattern with the trading platform as of late. Every time bitcoin spikes to $10K or experiences solid jumps very quickly, the exchange seems to stop working. The last time this occurred...

Coinbase zählt nach eigenen Angaben mittlerweile mehr als 40 Millionen Kunden. Das bringt die Coinbase Server oft an ihre Server. Es ist kein Geheimnis mehr, im Gegenteil, es ist ein Problem, welches in der Bitcoin-Szene bestens bekannt ist: Die Coinbase Server machen bei grossem Andrang regelmässig schlapp. Coinbase ist wahrscheinlich die beliebteste Bitcoin-Börse der Welt. Nur, wenn Millionen von Nutzern mit ihren Apps den Bitcoin-Preis...

Coinbase Pro, the professional trading platform of leading American cryptocurrency exchange and wallet provider Coinbase, is adding support for Maker DAO’s token (MKR) again after a failed listing attempt in April 2019.MKR Trading Starts Tuesday, June 9According to a Friday announcement, Coinbase Pro will start accepting MKR deposits from users on Monday, June 8. Full trading is scheduled to begin at 9 AM Pacific Time (PT) on Tuesday, June 9, once sufficient liquidity is established on the...

Another week has passed, and it has been nothing short of exciting on the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin went on to lose a serious chunk of its value as it plunged below $8,700 only to recover a few days later and touch $9,600. However, BTC is relatively indecisive over the past couple of days as it got rejected at that level, and it’s currently trading slightly below it around $9,400. If Bitcoin can climb back above this important resistance level, it may take another shot at the coveted...

The US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has extended its staking services for Tezos (XTZ) to users from a few European countries. The price of the asset has increased by nearly 6% since the announcement yesterday.Europeans To Stake XTZ On CoinbaseAs CryptoPotato reported before, Coinbase added Tezos staking in late 2019 for users based in the US. Since then, the company said that customers had earned over $2 million in Tezos staking rewards.Now, the cryptocurrency exchange announced the...

Major cryptocurrency firms continue to pave the way for institutional involvement in the space. The US-based digital asset exchange, Coinbase, just announced the acquisition of the leading institutional crypto brokerage Tagomi.Coinbase Acquires TagomiSan Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Tagomi announced today the acquisition of the leading institutional cryptocurrency brokerage Tagomi. The move is aimed to bolster the company’s propositions for advanced traders and “the most...