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Coinbase CEO prompts furious accusations of hypocrisy as he pushes political misinformation
25.10.2020
Brian Armstrong labeled a misleading political post endorsing Kanye West for president as “epic”
Blockchain Bites: Filecoin Strike, Bitcoin Fees Fall, Coinbase Censorship
19.10.2020
Five Filecoin miners have gone on strike. Bitcoin miners are seeing depressed earnings. And Binance is closing its Jersey branch
Ex-Coinbase, BitFlyer Lawyer Joins Anderson Kill
19.10.2020
Hailey Lennon joins a team of 10 other lawyers who practice in the space, including Stephen Palley, Preston Byrne, and Bob Cornish
The curious case of Coinbase — employees driven out by ‘apolitical’ stance
18.10.2020
Coinbase’s new “apolitical” culture has led to some employees taking severance packages, as the crypto community reacts with ambivalence
Coinbase Received 1,900 Requests for Client Info From Law Enforcement During First Half of 2020
17.10.2020
Coinbase has revealed that it received a total of 1,914 requests for customer data from global law enforcement agencies during the first six months of 2020. It is, however, not clear how many of the requests were fulfilled. In its first so-called“transparency report” published Friday...
187,000 BTC Drained: Over $2 Billion in Bitcoin Leave the Top Exchanges Since June
17.10.2020
Cryptocurrency reserves held on digital asset exchanges have been dropping to new lows, as some of the top exchanges have seen significant bitcoin reserve balance drops. A few months ago trading platforms had a lot more bitcoin reserves on hand and onchain data shows a few exchanges have seen...
Armstrong says 'silent majority' supports Coinbase apolitical stance in leaked audio
16.10.2020
Leaked Coinbase audio sheds additional light on the company's apolitical sea change
Coinbase Received Over 1,800 Law Enforcement Information Requests in the First Half of 2020
16.10.2020
Coinbase received more than 1,800 request for information from law enforcement in the first half of 2020, largely in the form of subpoenas, the company announced Friday
New York polls crypto firms on security measures after Twitter hack
16.10.2020
The New York Department of Financial Services found that crypto firms blocked the Twitter hackers’ crypto addresses within 40 minutes
Coinbase’s Global Marketing Head Latest to Join Mass Exit
16.10.2020
Global Marketing Head John Russ is the latest in a string of departures from the crypto exchange over recent weeks
Coinbase to Sponsor 2 Bitcoin Core Developers With New Grant Program
15.10.2020
Coinbase is sponsoring at least two Bitcoin Core developers with a new grant program, the San Francisco-based exchange announced Thursday
Coinbase Chief Compliance Officer Departs Amid Wider Exodus
14.10.2020
Coinbase’s chief compliance officer (CCO), Jeff Horowitz, is leaving the firm after two years
Another Major Investor Goes Bitcoin, Ethereum's Zinken, Serena & Coinbase + More News
13.10.2020
Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.
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Last week, the New York Digital Investment Group, a subsidiary of US-based investment company Stone Ridge Holdings Group, raised...
Serena Williams Looks to Have Dropped Coinbase Investment After Activism Row
13.10.2020
Williams' venture firm no longer displays Coinbase among its portfolio firms
Coinbase Wallet Users Can Now Purchase Crypto Inside the App
12.10.2020
For Coinbase users who don’t want to keep their funds on an exchange, the buying and storing crypto just became a lot easier
$12M in ‘Satoshi Era’ Bitcoins Move: 21 Block Rewards from 2010 Spent After a Decade of Slumber
11.10.2020
On early Sunday morning around 1:38:02 a.m. (New York time), approximately 20 blocks with coinbase rewards from 2010 were spent in one block. 1,000 BTC was then consolidated into a single address before moving again. The massive movement of the decade-old ‘sleeping’ bitcoins was caught...
Q3 Crypto Volumes up by $155 Billion as Defi Hype Drives DEX Growth by 197%
11.10.2020
The latest data from Coingecko shows that the combined trading volumes of cryptocurrency exchanges went up by $155 billion between July and September, from $175.7 billion to $330.6 billion. The new total volume represents a 88% increase which Coingecko attributes to the decentralized finance (defi)...
Coinbase Senior Software Engineer Left This Week, Unclear If Departure Linked to New Policy
11.10.2020
Andrei Anisimov, whose LInkedIn profile still describes him as a "Senior Software Engineer" at Coinbase, tweeted Saturday that this was his last week at the cryptocurrency exchange
Andreessen Horowitz Publishes ‘Crypto Startup School’ Documentary
10.10.2020
The California-based private American venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, has published a documentary called “Crypto Startup School.” The documentary is different from other blockchain films, as the 30-minute video shows some of the procedures leveraged while invoking...
Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin Crosses $11K While DOJ Takes Aim at Crypto
9.10.2020
Bitcoin crossed the $11,000 threshold, central banks enumerate "core principles" for a CBDC, Coinbase sees 60 employees walk