Nansen – a blockchain market intelligence firm – released a report on Tuesday analyzing how the earliest whales to onboard Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain – Base – are using their money. Here’s what the company found. Early whales largely allocated to Ethereum and its layer 2 networks. As of August 7, the most value held...Read More
The initial response to Coinbase’s layer 2 blockchain – Base – has been favorable so far. It has garnered substantial engagement in both DeFi operations and cross-chain bridge transactions. The daily active users on Base, for one, surpassed 100,000 for the first time. More importantly, the figure came just a day after the much-anticipated launch of...Read More
Cryptocurrency trading platform Kraken dethroned its rival Coinbase to become the most liquid United States exchange for altcoins in July. According to a tweet by Dessislava Laneva, a research analyst at crypto data platform Kaiko, by the end of July, Kraken had claimed 47% of the market depth in the US for the top 10...Read More
Ramp Network – a fintech startup that offers payment infrastructure to connect crypto and traditional finance – added support to the Ethereum Layer 2 chain Base. The integration will aid third-party developers and enable clients to convert dozens of fiat currencies into ETH and USDC. ‘Exciting Times Ahead’ According to a document seen by CryptoPotato, Ramp...Read More
Stablecoin issuer Circle is a US-based company, and 70% of its USDC adoption originates from non-US regions. According to the estimations of Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire, some of the fastest growing areas are emerging and developing markets, which are not in the country that has been facing severe regulatory uncertainty. Not Fixated on US Allaire...Read More
Lawyers for Coinbase Global asked a U.S. judge Friday to dismiss a suit by the Securities and Exchange Commission. They brought the arguments to back up their request. Coinbase lawyers ask judge to dismiss SEC lawsuit The SEC lawsuit filed June 6, alleges the crypto exchange is an unregistered securities broker and exchange. In the...Read More
Yesterday, the leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, announced its so-called Onchain Summer. In response, the lead developer of Shiba Inu (SHIB) – Kusama – called it a copycat. As CryptoPotato reported yesterday, Coinbase announced the so-called Onchain Summer, revealing the public launch date of Base. Onchain Summer will be a month-long festival by 50 creators and developers...Read More
Crypto exchange Coinbase has revealed its launch date for Base – the Ethereum layer 2 blockchain designed to make transactions faster and cheaper than the underlying network. As of today, users can begin bridging ETH to base, with dapps “across the on-chain ecosystem” starting to enable Base support. Base: A Bridge To Crypto As published...Read More
BTC is up 80%+ from recent lows. ETH is up 60%. Meanwhile, some crypto stocks are up by quite a bit more. A U.S. court ruling this week siding with the SEC is an understandable time for markets to chill. Way back in July, US News suggested seven crypto stocks to buy. The paper touted...Read More
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong revealed that the crypto exchange is exploring the “best” way to integrate the Lightning Network after being called out for not adding support for the layer-2 scaling solution, which enables faster and cheaper BTC transactions than the Bitcoin base network. The comment comes a month after Binance added LN capability for...Read More
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asked Coinbase to halt the trading of all cryptocurrencies except for Bitcoin before pressing charges against the exchange for breaching federal securities law. According to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong, delisting every other asset except for Bitcoin would mean the end of the crypto industry. Coinbase vs. SEC In...Read More
Grayscale wrote a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday calling for the agency to simultaneously approve any qualifying Bitcoin spot ETF applications, so as to not “pick winners and losers.” However, the firm also argued that Coinbase shouldn’t qualify as a surveillance partner to launch such a product, under the...Read More
The rapidly changing digital asset landscape has resulted in a flexing of regulatory muscles between different watchdogs in defining terms and drawing lines of authority. This is especially true in the case of the United States where the SEC and CFTC are engaged in a turf war over regulatory oversight of the space. But this...Read More
It has been a wild ride for the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange – Binance, this year. As US watchdogs pursue it for alleged violation of federal laws, the platform appears to be losing its market share at a rapid pace. Blockchain analytical firm Kaiko reported that Binance’s spot market share has dropped to 50% from...Read More
Craig Wright is not someone to stay out of the spotlight for a long time. In the latest development, the self-proclaimed Bitcoin creator was ordered to pay approximately $516,000 (400,000 British pounds) in security covering legal costs to pursue claims against crypto exchanges Coinbase and Kraken. The lawsuit against Coinbase and Kraken’s parent company Payward...Read More
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest revealed some interesting details on its portfolio in the second quarter of 2023. The latest report suggested that Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) stood out as one of the top-performing assets within the investment firm’s portfolio. However, when it comes to asset allocation, GBTC trailed behind Coinbase at ARKW. GBTC Tops Chart...Read More
Brian Armstrong, the chief executive officer of America’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, will privately meet with Democrats from the House of Representatives on Wednesday morning. According to a Bloomberg report, Democratic aides disclosed that the meeting would focus on crypto legislation and related issues like taxes, privacy, and national security. Coinbase CEO to Meet With...Read More
Investors are closely monitoring Coinbase’s earning reports as shares of the crypto giant COIN are up more than 214% YTD. The fresh boost was provided after the crypto exchange reached an agreement with Cboe’s BZX Exchange to maintain a surveillance-sharing agreement for five of its spot Bitcoin ETF applications. As a result, funds associated with...Read More
The team behind Base – an Ethereum Layer 2 chain built on OP Stack in collaboration with Optimism – said its mainnet is available for builders to deploy their products. The entity will release a “Genesis Builder” NFT to commemorate those who entered the ecosystem from the get-go. However, it has no intentions of issuing...Read More
Recent comments regarding Bitcoin exchanges from Gary Gensler – Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) – suggest that his agency may not be so eager to approve the recent wave of Bitcoin spot ETF applications in its mailbox. The chairman claimed that crypto trading platforms like Coinbase are structured in such a...Read More
The entire crypto market is rallying after the judge overseeing Ripple V. SEC ruled that neither XRP, nor most situations in which it transacted, are securities. The ruling has also prompted exchanges like Coinbase to relist XRP starting today. In a tweet on Thursday, Coinbase Assets confirmed that it will re-enable trading of XRP on...Read More
Coinbase has unveiled an end-to-end encrypted, private, and portable messaging feature for its self-custody wallet product – Coinbase Wallet to enable users to connect directly through their wallet, engage with communities, as well as send payments across thousands of coins. The goal is to give Coinbase Wallet users full control and ownership over their identity...Read More
Crypto investment company Paradigm has filed an amicus brief in the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) case against Bittrex, claiming that the regulator is “wrongfully attempting to lay claim over crypto secondary markets.” The brief filed on July 7th stated that the case against the US-based crypto exchange should be dismissed. It argued that...Read More
Conor Grogan – the head of product at Coinbase – said he found $322,000 worth of digital assets that belonged to a person who was unaware of that since the funds were transferred after Ethereum’s hard fork in 2016. The executive discovered that the owner of the crypto stash had previously become a victim of...Read More
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a response to Coinbase’s recent filing, in which it claims that the exchange made a “calculated decision” to act as an unregistered securities intermediary. The company filed to dismiss the SEC’s charges back in June. The agency launched a full-on legal operation against two of the...Read More
The first Bitcoin ETF application was filed way back in 2013 by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. However, the US regulators have not approved any such application to date. But now, they are seemingly under tremendous pressure, with some of the biggest players in traditional finance throwing their hats in the ring. Race for BTC ETF...Read More
On July 3, Nasdaq revealed that the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock had re-filed its application for a spot Bitcoin ETF. The details added included a “surveillance-sharing agreement” with U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. The move has given a big boost to Coinbase shares and crypto markets, which have marched higher again today. JUST IN: BlackRock...Read More
Last week, Coinbase filed to dismiss the charges brought against it by the SEC. Motivating its approach, the exchange accused the agency of overreach, stating that crypto assets may not even come under their purview. The leading US crypto exchange also accused the SEC of ignoring prior approvals given for the sale of some of...Read More
Coinbase’s developed Layer 2 network – Base – is gearing up for a mainnet launch. Since its deployment on testnet earlier this year, Base has already met 4 out of 5 of the criteria for the upcoming event while giving security the top-most priority in its goal to attract the next million developers and a...Read More
Merely a few weeks after the SEC sued the platform for facilitating unregistered trading with 12 tokens that the agency considers to be securities, Coinbase’s legal representatives have filed for a complete dismissal of the lawsuit, citing concerns regarding the legal authority of the regulator. Prior Approval Disregarded One of the principal arguments laid out...Read More
