Coinbase Exchange is launching price auction

As a trusted crypto exchange our priority is to build features that enhance transparency and help us create the best markets. Starting today, when we launch new assets on the Coinbase Exchange we will be using a price auction to help price discovery and create a healthier market when trading starts.How price auctions workIn our price auctions, limit...

1d

How crypto enables economic freedom

The following is an internal memo that I shared with Coinbase employees this week and would also like to share publicly to help people see how we’re working toward our mission of increasing economic freedom in the world.Tl;dr: Our core thesis is that greater adoption and usage of cryptocurrency will increase economic freedom in the world, because crypto...

2d

Our open letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board: “We believe there is a pervasive need…

Our open letter to the Financial Accounting Standards Board: “We believe there is a pervasive need to improve the accounting for crypto assets”Tl:Dr: Coinbase is actively seeking clarity around crypto accounting standards. Recently, we shared our thoughts with a key industry body, the Financial Accounting Standards Board.On June 24 2021, the Financial...

2d

Web3 Will Be Driven By Crypto’s Networked Collaboration

And What We Can Learn From The Linux Development ModelBy Harry Alford, Business Development Manager, Coinbase CloudWhere Web 1.0 was the Static Web, and Web 2.0 is the Social Web, Web 3.0 will be the Decentralized Web. It will move us from a world where communities contribute but don’t own or profit to one where they can through collaboration. By breaking...

2d

Coinbase To Launch 24/7 Phone Support and Other Enhancements to Customer Support by End of Year

By Casper Sorensen, Vice President, Customer ExperienceThe following is the latest update in our series of blog posts describing our commitment to continually improving our customer experience.One of our Coinbase cultural tenets is Customer Focus. This tenet sets the expectation that we solve customer problems with technology that is instinctive to...

3d

An overview of the use of cryptocurrencies in terrorist financing

By Heidi Wilder, Senior Associate, Coinbase Special Investigations TeamFollowing the fall of the elected Afghan government and rise of the Taliban in its place, many speculated that the group had or may turn to cryptocurrencies as a way to finance its operations. As part of our compliance program, Coinbase tracks these types of transactions and often...

4d

How Coinbase is making compliance a driver of innovation

By Melissa Strait, Chief Compliance OfficerAt Coinbase, we think about compliance a little differently than most companies. Over the coming months, we plan to give the public a look “under the hood” at the programs and technologies we use to keep our customers safe and keep bad actors off our platforms. In addition, we will be publishing a series of...

4d

Adventure Gold (AGLD) is now available on Coinbase

Starting today, Adventure Gold (AGLD) is available on Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase customers can now trade, send, receive, or store AGLD in most Coinbase-supported regions, with certain exceptions indicated in each asset page here. Trading for these assets is also supported on Coinbase Pro.Adventure Gold (AGLD) is...

4d

4 reasons Coinbase is staying remote

L.J. Brock, Chief People OfficerI joined Coinbase in March 2019, and I quickly realized that to get stuff done, you generally had to be at Coinbase — in the conference room, in the hallway conversation, at the lunch table — working, chatting and collaborating side-by-side with your colleagues. Sure, employees worked from home here and there, but doing...

5d

Adventure Gold (AGLD) is launching on Coinbase Pro

Starting Today, Monday September 20, transfer AGLD into your Coinbase Pro account ahead of trading. Support for AGLD will generally be available in Coinbase’s supported jurisdictions with certain exceptions as indicated in each asset page here. Trading will begin on or after 9AM Pacific Time (PT) Tuesday September 21, if liquidity conditions are met.One...

5d