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OCC works to win back House Democrats, still miffed at leader's focus on crypto
3.12.2020
Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks continues his work to reach across the aisle with pledges from major players to support minority-owned banks
Coinbase Says It Brokered Microstrategy’s Influential $425 Million Bitcoin Buy
2.12.2020
U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase said Tuesday that it brokered Microstrategy’s $425 million bitcoin purchase earlier this year. Until now, it has not been clear who facilitated the deal. Microstrategy’s first bitcoin (BTC) haul of $250 million bought in August was executed over five days...
Eth2 withdrawals are coming sooner than you think
2.12.2020
Eth2 withdrawals may not need to wait for Phase 2 under developer Danny Ryan’s new proposal which would unlock 80% of withdrawals
TradingView general manager explains how the current crypto bull market is unlike 2017
1.12.2020
He thinks he's spotted a key differentiator, and old school crypto enthusiasts will likely agree
Coinbase's Strategy Helped MicroStrategy, Bitcoiner Eyes Soccer Club + More News
1.12.2020
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USDC issuer Centre lands Wall Street veteran David Puth as CEO
1.12.2020
The company behind USDC has added a new face that could help further institutional adoption
USDC Stablecoin Issuer Centre Hires Wall Street Veteran David Puth as CEO
1.12.2020
Centre, the Coinbase- and Circle-founded project that oversees the USDC stablecoin, has hired Wall Street veteran David Puth as its new CEO
Coinbase executed MicroStrategy’s $425M Bitcoin purchase in September 2020
1.12.2020
One of the largest Bitcoin purchases in 2020 took more than five days to complete
Coinbase Brokered MicroStrategy’s $425M Bitcoin Purchase, Companies Reveal
1.12.2020
The revelation is a notable public relations win for Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong
Coinbase, Huobi Join Other Exchanges in Supporting Ethereum 2.0 Staking
1.12.2020
With the much-anticipated launch of Phase 0 of Ethereum (ETH) 2.0 finally here, the industry begins to prepare for the transition to the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus algorithm for the second largest cryptoasset by market capitalization. Major crypto exchanges, including Kraken, Coinbase and Huobi...
Bitcoin Exchange Backed by Pomp, Song and Woo Removes Trading Fees to Contend With Coinbase, Gemini
1.12.2020
Upstart crypto exchange LVL wants to take on U.S. giants by removing trading fees. The move comes as bitcoin touches new all-time highs
Coinbase Reports Delays in Processing Bitcoin Withdrawals Due to Network Congestion
30.11.2020
The delays come on a day when the price of bitcoin surpassed its all-time high
Ethereum 2.0 staking is coming to Coinbase
30.11.2020
The U.S. exchange plans to roll out support in early 2021
Bitcoin Trading Fees on PayPal, Robinhood, Cash App and Coinbase: What to Know
30.11.2020
With bitcoin’s price hitting a new all-time high on Monday, retail investors will inevitably want to get in on the original crypto asset
Negative Bitcoin headlines affect speculators, not HODLers says Morgan Creek CEO
27.11.2020
Yusko claimed “Investors drive long term value, speculators drive current price.”
Coinbase on Defense As NYT Report Alleging Racial Discrimination Goes Live
27.11.2020
Yesterday, US-based major crypto exchange Coinbase warned of a scathing report in The New York Times, and, today, the major news outlet published the article, stating that 15 former Coinbase employees who have either quit or were fired from the company have one thing in common — they were...
NYT Reports Claims of ‘Racist or Discriminatory’ Treatment of Employees at Coinbase
27.11.2020
The NYT critique of Coinbase’s internal diversity policies quotes former employees who complain of “racist or discriminatory” treatment
$100 Million Liquidated on Defi Protocol Compound Following Oracle Exploit
27.11.2020
Lenders on decentralized finance (defi) protocol Compound on Thursday got liquidated for a massive $103 million, according to analytics provider Loanscan. This happened after what appears to be an oracle exploit on the Dai stablecoin. An apparent error or malicious attack to the Dai-dollar-peg data...
Coinbase, Others Go Down as Amazon Web Services Outage Takes Down Swath of Internet
26.11.2020
Leading cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and thousands of other platforms on the internet reported recurring interrupted service and pointed the finger at cloud provider Amazon Web Services, which experienced an outage
Coinbase Preemptively Rebuts Unpublished New York Times Expose
26.11.2020
The letter pushes back at an unpublished article Coinbase says will allege Black employees had "negative experiences" while with the firm