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Jesse Pollak will tell us why Coinbase is launching its own Base blockchain at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
We’re excited to invite Jesse Pollak to TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 to talk about the future of decentralization.
Bitcoin’s rally is turning out to be bad news for Coinbase, the crypto trading app that has just confirmed some of its customers are seeing a zero balance across their…
Some cryptocurrency exchanges in Nigeria faced accessibility issues for users, prompting speculation of imposed restrictions on crypto sites, the Financial Times reported. On Wednesday, local media reported that Nigeria’s telecom…
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Coinbase cites stablecoins, Base as key 2024 priorities after crushing Q4 estimates
After disclosing better-than-expected financial results in its fourth-quarter earnings report, U.S.-based Coinbase has big plans. The second-largest crypto exchange told its investors that it intends to lean heavily on its work with the popular USDC stablecoin this year, lever its recently launched layer-2 blockchain Base as a way to experiment…
Phantom, a crypto wallet heavily used in the Solana ecosystem, has seen its user base more than triple over the past year.
Y Combinator President Garry Tan publishes a menacing tweet before deleting it, apologizing: ‘Die slow motherf*ckers’
Garry Tan, whose success in Silicon Valley has likely inspired many of the founders he mentors, is once again attracting attention for his posts on the social platform X. On…
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Coinbase argues for motion to dismiss SEC’s ‘securities violation’ allegations
Typically, the SEC has a strong track record of winning its lawsuits, but it hasn’t had much luck when it comes to crypto.
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Is India done with crypto?
Updated at 12.56 am, Saturday India Standard Time: Internet service providers in India are now also blocking Binance and other apps flagged to be operating “illegally” in the country. It wasn’t long ago when Indian venture capitalists were scrambling to establish their crypto credentials. ENS addresses adorned Twitter profiles. More…
Apple has pulled apps of at least nine crypto exchanges, including Binance and Kraken, from its App Store in India, less than two weeks after most of these global firms…
We sat down with Valkyrie’s co-founder to chat about why he thinks futures bitcoin ETFs will go away, which spot crypto ETFs could come next, and why the fee wars…
Coinbase’s Q3 revenue beat expectations, but its shares fell as growth prospects underwhelmed
The most bearish thing we can summon is that Coinbase is skating atop a wave of rising interest-based incomes.
Petra, a crypto wallet built by Aptos Labs, is integrating Coinbase Pay onto its desktop and mobile applications in hopes of alleviating web3’s growing pains, the companies exclusively told TechCrunch.…
Coinbase said Monday that it has disabled new user sign-ups on its exchange product in India but remains committed to the country, where its operations have been in limbo for…
Coinbase reported its second quarter earnings Thursday after the bell, beating market estimates with $707.9 million in total revenues.
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Coinbase’s blockchain Base to launch to the public next week
Coinbase’s layer-2 blockchain Base is officially launching its mainnet to the public on August 9, alongside its “Onchain Summer” collaboration, Jesse Pollak, lead for Base and head of protocols at Coinbase, shared on TechCrunch’s Chain Reaction podcast. The platform has been operating on the testnet, which is a test phase of the blockchain network, from…
Welcome back to Chain Reaction. The Paris-based Ethereum Community Conference, EthCC, happened this week and brought in more than 350 speakers and 5,000 attendees.
What is Coinbase’s new messaging feature really good for and how will people use it? We had a few thoughts.
Coinbase Wallet, one of the biggest self-custody crypto wallets globally, is launching a direct messaging feature so users can interact with one another through its platform, the company shared exclusively…
52% of companies surveyed say they’re holding off on major crypto investments until regulation is established, according to a Coinbase and The Block report.
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Brian Armstrong thinks Coinbase could become a ‘super app’
Most people still think of crypto as an asset class that’s traded and speculated on, but there are many more use cases than meets the eye, Armstrong said.
Unless you live under a rock, you know that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission came out guns blazing on Monday and Tuesday, by suing…
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Coinbase chief legal officer expects new crypto laws to come in wake of SEC lawsuits
Coinbase Chief Legal Officer Paul Grewal on the exchange’s plans amid SEC charges.
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After Binance, US SEC sues Coinbase for securities laws violations
The suit comes just one day after the SEC sued Binance, the largest crypto exchange in the world by volume, also over securities matters.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled charges with a former Coinbase product manager and his brother for engaging in insider trading, the agency announced Tuesday. Ishan Wahi,…
Ledger, one of the biggest crypto wallet providers, has launched a new feature called Ledger Recover, and not everyone is happy about it.
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Coinbase launches subscription service with focus on European expansion
Coinbase is launching its subscription service, Coinbase One, in 35 countries, starting with U.S., U.K., Germany and Ireland
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Even as crypto exchanges exit Canada, Coinbase intends to play the ‘long game’
As crypto exchanges leave Canada amid new regulatory frameworks, a number of exchanges like Coinabse plan to stay in the market.
NewLimit, a 1.5-year-old, San Francisco-based, 17-person company that aims to increase the number of healthy years each person lives by epigenetically reprogramming cells, is today announcing that it has raised…
In the first three months of the year, the U.S. cryptocurrency exchange generated net revenues of $736 million.
Coinbase has filed a petition to compel the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to respond to a months-old petition that asks whether the securities regulator would allow the industry to…