Incident Post Mortem: November 19, 2021

SummaryOn November 19, 2021, Coinbase learned that it had erroneously credited some customers transacting in GYEN and POWR either 100x or 1/100th the amount they purchased. Coinbase promptly disabled trading in POWR and GYEN, worked around the clock to resolve the underlying technical issue, and then made adjustments in customer accounts to reflect...

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Coinbase Expands Live Customer Support

By Casper Sorensen, Vice President, Customer ExperienceThe following is the latest update in our series of blog posts describing our commitment to continuously improving our customer experience.In past blog posts we highlighted our ongoing journey to create more value for customers with our support experience. In 2021, we invested in providing improved...

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Coinbase Voices: Why I decided on a career in crypto

Coinbase Voices is a collection of employee stories that highlight the expertise of our Coinbase team and share their journeys to crypto. In this post, Carolina Verdelho, Senior Recruiting Manager, discusses her experience as an international recruiter and how she’s using it to help shape the future of Coinbase.Tell us about your journey to becoming...

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Coinbase Cloud Launches a Forum for Web3 Developers

Last year, Coinbase Cloud announced the launch of our unified developer docs to make it easier and faster for developers to build Web3 applications using Coinbase APIs and services. As part of our commitment to developers and embracing the collaborative spirit of Web3, today Coinbase Cloud is launching a forum for developers to connect with Coinbase...

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Announcing our second developer grant winners

By Trent Fuenmayor, Program Manager, Coinbase GivingIn August, we made a call for applications through our Crypto Community Fund focused on blockchain developers who contribute directly to a blockchain codebase, or researchers producing white papers. Today, we’re excited to announce the Fund’s second batch of developer grants to 6 recipients: AMIS Technologies,...

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Inverse Finance (INV), Liquity (LQTY), Polyswarm (NCT) and Propy (PRO) are launching on Coinbase

Starting today Inverse Finance (INV), Liquity (LQTY), Polyswarm (NCT) and Propy (PRO) are available on Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase customers can now trade, send, receive, or store INV, LQTY, NCT and PRO in most Coinbase-supported regions, with certain exceptions indicated in each asset page here. Trading for these...

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A simple guide to the Web3 stack

Web3 is the latest buzzword to see an uptick in interest in recent months — What does it actually mean?Around the Block from Coinbase Ventures sheds light on key trends in crypto. Written by Connor Dempsey Angie Wang & Justin Mart.A lot of definitions have been thrown around, but at Coinbase, we generally think of Web3 as a trustless, permissionless,...

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Coinbase’s path to creating a robust and regulated crypto derivatives market

Coinbase is acquiring FairX, a CFTC-regulated derivatives exchangeThe acquisition is a key stepping stone on Coinbase’s path to offer crypto derivatives to retail and institutional customers in the USThis is an important step toward Coinbase ultimately making the derivatives market accessible to our millions of customers through an industry-leading,...

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Inverse Finance (INV), Liquity (LQTY), Polyswarm (NCT) and Propy (PRO) are launching on Coinbase…

Inverse Finance (INV), Liquity (LQTY), Polyswarm (NCT) and Propy (PRO) are launching on Coinbase ProStarting Today, Wednesday January 12, transfer INV, LQTY, NCT AND PRO into your Coinbase Pro account ahead of trading. Support for INV, LQTY, NCT AND PRO will generally be available in Coinbase’s supported jurisdictions with certain exceptions as indicated...

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Goldfinch Protocol (GFI) is launching on Coinbase

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

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