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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has openly criticized Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong following a recent controversial post urging employees of the exchange to steer clear from political discussions. Dorsey, however, believes that the whole purpose of the cryptocurrency field is social activism.Armstrong Highlights The Coinbase Core MissionIn a post shared over the weekend, Armstrong outlined that 2020 has already been a challenging year. The upcoming US Presidential elections also raise massive...

If anyone is interested in starting their own major crypto company somewhere, they should probably look at how Coinbase operates. The exchange is one of the largest trading platforms in the United States, and while that’s certainly important, the company appears to have its head on straight when it comes to all the distractions of the outside world.Brian Armstrong States How Coinbase Will Move in the FutureIn a blog post published on Sunday by CEO Brian Armstrong, Coinbase mentioned that it...

YFI took the crypto world by storm last month when it did the unthinkable and surged higher than Bitcoin’s price at the time.Since its launch in mid-August, the DeFi token pumped monumentally to top out at around $39,000. It is a prime example of demand through scarcity as the big draw for this asset is the fact that there are only 30,000 in existence.Since that giddy height, YFI retreated back to around $18,500 on September 5th. The news that Coinbase Pro will be listing the token has given...

After starting the month of September around the $12k mark, Bitcoin experienced a sharp correction today that crashed it to lows of nearly $1,160 in a matter of hours, erasing the gains of almost five days.Admittedly, a nervousness during the correction was to be expected as several traders adapted their strategies to this sharp move. Still, things got worse when two of the most popular crypto exchanges started to lag.Binance and Coinbase lagging during the crashAt 4 am PDT, Coinbase...

The leading American exchange Coinbase announced today a renewal of its board of directors, incorporating two prominent experts from the technology industry.In an official announcement posted on Coinbase’s blog, Brian Armstrong, the company’s CEO and co-founder explained that they had made two significant replacements to their board of directors.The Hello’sFirst on the list is Marc Andreessen, co-founder of the venture capitalist firm Andreessen Horowitz, one of the most importnat players in...

Centre Consortium members Circle and Coinbase have just launched an upgraded version of their popular USDC dollar-pegged stablecoin. Going live on August 27, USDC 2.0 aims to tackle high gas fees by allowing developers to delegate it to other wallets or take fees in USDC instead.Removing ETH From The PictureThe official announcement explained that most users need to keep a balance of Ether in their wallets to make transactions. It added that this resulted in unnecessary complexity:“This...

Coinbase – one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in the United States, as well as the world – has announced it will soon begin offering bitcoin and crypto-backed loans for customers to utilize.Coinbase Is Offering Bitcoin-Backed LoansCustomers can take out fiat loans against roughly 30 percent of the bitcoin they already have. While the loans themselves won’t necessarily be in bitcoin, they’ll certainly be backed by the digital asset. Coinbase is now one of the largest exchanges...

Seit Binance die bekannte Webseite Coinmarketcap gekauft hat, tut sich einiges. Neben der Einführung einer Trollbox, alos einer Chat-Funktion für spezifische Themen und Coins, schaltet nun Coinmarketcap auch Lernprogramme auf. Und es ist offensichtlich, dass sich Coinmarketcap dabei von Coinbase Earn abgekupfert inspirieren lassen hat. Denn wer diese Minikurse mit einem richtig gelösten Quiz abschliesst, kann dabei Token verdienen. Priorität hat für Coinbase der...

Coinbase customers in the US will have the opportunity to receive cash loans against their Bitcoin holdings. If approved, the company’s clients might get their loans in two to three days.The Waiting ListAs per an official recent announcement, Coinbase has set a specially designated waiting list for their customers, who might like to take up on the offer and borrow a given amount of cash. The main idea is that via this new opportunity they will have some more control over their crypto...

The veteran US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is looking into adding 19 new digital assets onto its platform. Interestingly, the majority of the coins are representatives of the ongoing DeFi trend.Coinbase Considers 19 New CoinsThe largest digital asset exchange based in the US announced yesterday that it’s currently evaluating 19 new additions to its platform. Those are Ampleforth, Band Protocol, Balancer, Blockstack, Curve, Fetch.ai, Flexacoin, Helium, Hedera, Hashgraph, Kava,...