Over the last 24 hours, cryptocurrency enthusiasts have been discussing a transaction that saw 94,000 BTC sent to an unknown wallet. The hoopla over the large transaction shows how things have changed significantly over the last decade. Back in cryptocurrency’s early days, between 2010-2012, large bitcoin transactions like this weren’t such a big deal and...Read More
Fiat-to-crypto exchanges offer one of the easiest ways to enter the cryptocurrency market. They allow newcomers to bypass the whole hustle of having to exchange their fiat currencies into a crypto token that will be later used in the final transaction/exchange process. Things to Consider Before Choosing a Fiat-to-Crypto Exchange Of course, choosing the right...Read More
Last year, Ripple and Coinbase were ranked high by LinkedIn. In 2019, they have taken 28th and 29th positions accordingly. With the rapid development of cryptos, blockchain is one of the most prosperous spheres to work in. In this regard, the networking platform LinkedIn published the list of the top startups to work for in...Read More
The massive Bitcoin sell-off that sent prices below the $10,000 at the end of August wasn’t the result of manipulations, according to an ex post facto research by Coin Metrics. First Major Bitcoin Sells Spotted on Coinbase Large traders or institutional investors often manipulate the Bitcoin price, especially through fake volume or trading derivatives. The...Read More
The Hurricane Dorian relief effort has teamed up with an unlikely ally in the Bahamas: Bitcoin, along with a helping hand from Coinbase. | Source: Wikimedia Commons (i), AP Photo / Gillian Flaccus (ii). Image Edited by CCN. The Hurricane Dorian relief effort has teamed up with an unlikely ally to help the Bahamas recover...Read More
Offchain Labs, a New Jersey-based project developing a scaling solution for permissionless blockchains, has announced the successful Alpha release of its Arbitrum code. The company claims that the new system is capable of supporting more than 500 transactions per second, making it many times faster than Ethereum. Arbitrum has several innovative features that differentiate it...Read More
Crypto startups Coinbase and Ripple have dropped from top-10 positions to No. 28 and No. 29, respectively, on LinkedIn’s 2019 top 50 startups list. | Source: Shutterstock; Edited by CCN Despite being a relatively new sector, the blockchain and cryptocurrency space can this year boast of having two crypto startups, Coinbase and Ripple, in the...Read More
Tuesday’s bitcoin price surge launched BTC as high as $10,750 on Bitstamp, decimating $68 million worth of shorts in the process. | Source: Shutterstock Bitcoin (BTC) is back in positive territory today. Yesterday’s surge of nearly 8% on Bitstamp saw BTC shoot back past $10,000 and then briefly clip the $10,750 mark on Tuesday. Most...Read More
Bitcoin’s volatility has drastically decreased over the last few weeks as price action unfolds close to key support at $9,400. This key support line creates the bottom of the asymmetrical triangle stemming from $14,000 down to $9,400 mentioned in a previous analysis on Bitcoin. Bitcoin 1-Hour Analysis On the 1 hour chart for XBT/USD, we...Read More
Anti-agorism Congressional Representative Maxine Waters still has misgivings about Facebook’s proposed Libra digital currency, even after meeting with Swiss government officials to discuss the tech last week. The sustained reservations echo the message of July’s open letter from the House of Representatives to Facebook, calling for a halt on Libra’s ongoing development. While many view...Read More
According to a recent study by Coinbase on higher education, the adoption of academic courses on digital currencies and the underlying blockchain technology by top institutions around the world is on the rise. A Coinbase‘s survey was carried out on the top 50 universities in the world (i.e., according to the U.S. News And World...Read More
Coinbase regularly engages with students and universities across the globe as part of recruiting efforts. In our second annual Coinbase Report on Higher Education, we again partnered with Qriously to ask students directly about their thoughts on crypto and blockchain, and tracked how they’ve changed in the past 12 months. In this year’s report, we...Read More
The IRS took to Twitter on August, 26, posting a video about recently mailed CP2000 notices, of special interest to crypto traders. The notice, which seeks to rectify discrepancies made by recipients in tax reporting, is another in a series of crypto-related letters recently sent by the agency. Though the promised guidelines for reporting still...Read More
Coinbase adds WalletLink functionality enabling its users to use dApps within the company’s wallet app. One of the most interesting dApps is IDEX – currently the world’s largest decentralized exchange (DEX). San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase added WalletLink functionality to enable its users to use dApps within the company’s wallet app. One of the most...Read More
Coinbase officially announced that users will have the possibility of accessing DApps (decentralized applications) through their desktop browsers. According to the blog post, this new accessibility is due to Coinbase Wallet’s WalletLink service, with WalletLink acting as a secure bridge between the user’s desktop browser and Coinbase Wallet app. “ Starting today, Coinbase Wallet users...Read More
A new age of banking is imminent. Legacy models will be forced to follow suit or become obsolete in the eyes of value holders worldwide, as new bitcoin and crypto services take over, seeking to implement blockchain systems with an eye on convenience and financial inclusion. Announcements of stablecoins and exchange services from giants Binance,...Read More
The WalletLink feature provides a secure encrypted link connecting the browser to the Coinbase Wallet app and letting users access the DApps from anywhere. Crypto exchange Coinbase has been introducing several products and services to bring convenience and ease-of-use to its customers. The company has recently introduced a new system called WalletLink for the Coinbase...Read More
Starting today, Coinbase Wallet users can use their favorite decentralized apps (dapps) on any desktop browser with Coinbase Wallet’s WalletLink. WalletLink acts as a secure bridge between your Coinbase Wallet app and your desktop browser. To get started, all you have to do is scan a WalletLink QR code with your Wallet app. You can...Read More
Another bitcoin scammer’s run comes to an inevitable end. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: A Michigander is facing 20 wire fraud and money laundering charges for carrying out a crypto investment scam that raked in an average of nearly $15,000 daily. According to the prosecutors, James Matthew Thomas defrauded approximately $206,000 from his victims...Read More
Photo: Anchorage / Medium Anchorage clients who hold Stellar or Tezos now are in for a treat. Anchorage just announced that they are adding these assets to its list of eligible assets, the company co-founder and president Diogo Monica announced in a medium blog post. For those who hold Stellar, they can now receive inflation...Read More
Over the last 5 days, Bitcoin has bounced off the 0.382 Fibonacci level as mentioned in my previous analysis. Since then price levels have risen sharply testing resistance just shy of $11,000. An influx of new volume could propel price levels to $12,000 next week. Bitcoin 1-Hour Analysis On the 1 hour chart for XBT/USD,...Read More
Bitcoin is rising yet again, as the largest digital asset consolidates above $10,000. While it’s common to attribute bull runs to institutional money, Chinese tariffs or inverted yield curves, this year’s rise could have been triggered by an unexpected catalyst: third party custodians. By introducing sophisticated storage solutions, these companies are paving the way for...Read More
Recently, Coinbase had the honor of partnering with The Violet Society, an organization whose mission is to build community and career mentorship for women and gender-nonbinary professionals in the tech industry, by sponsoring Violet Hacks, a hackathon where a group of about 200 of these professionals gathered to design, build, and pitch various products to...Read More
A bug could have lost the users of Coinbase a lot of money, confesses the exchange itself in its latest blog post. Coinbase Holds Its Hands Up The Friday “post mortem” revealed that an error on Coinbase sign-up page saved customers’ information on Coinbase internal web server logs – in a clear text. So a...Read More
Friday graced us with a positive fundamental trigger, with Bakkt finally being given the green light to launch Bitcoin derivatives trading on September 23. This follows almost an entire year of delays – and although the crypto market never lost interest in the upcoming platform for institutional investors, it was beginning to lose faith. The renewed...Read More
Hong Kong and Argentina pay through the nose for Bitcoin, Binance could be back in the U.S. within months and Barclays cuts ties with Coinbase in the U.K. Coming every Sunday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights,...Read More
Bakkt has made it known that it has been granted approval by the necessary regulators and therefore will be launching its much-awaited platform for daily and monthly futures in the U.S. on the 23rd of September this year. Since the firm announced the coming of physically delivered futures in August 2018, it has become a...Read More
Brian Armstrong talked about institutional investors in the cryptocurrency space on Twitter earlier this week, saying the question of whether or not institutions will adopt cryptocurrencies has been answered. Coinbase is reportedly seeing hundreds of millions of dollars per week pouring in from legacy financial institutions. Custody Woes The main issue cited by institutions looking...Read More
On August 15, the San Francisco-based digital currency exchange Coinbase announced that it had acquired the cryptocurrency custody service Xapo’s institutional branch. The business move puts Coinbase in the limelight, making it the largest custodial service for digital assets worldwide, with more than $7 billion under custody. Also Read: Hong Kong Protest Leader Hopes to...Read More
Crypto exchange Coinbase disclosed a potential vulnerability Friday, announcing that a tiny fraction of its customers’ passwords were stored in plain text on an internal server log. However, the information was not improperly accessed by outside parties, the exchange said. In a post-mortem shared with CoinDesk, Coinbase outlined “a password storage issue,” impacting less than...Read More
