Coinbase - Announcements, Interviews & News Stories

Coinbase adds new cryptocurrency pairs for GBP trading

Following our announcement earlier this month that we would be introducing support for British pounds (GBP) to our UK-based customers, today we’re launching a number of new GBP trading pairs starting at 9am BST, Friday 7 September 2018.

06 September 2018

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Toshi rebrands as Coinbase Wallet

Today, we’re proud to announce that Toshi is becoming Coinbase Wallet.

16 August 2018

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Coinbase plugs into Faster Payments

Starting today, we’ll begin rolling out British pound (GBP) support for UK-based customers of Coinbase (individuals), Coinbase Pro (active traders) and Coinbase Prime (institutions).

02 August 2018

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Coinbase hires Pershing veteran Howowitz as chief compliance officer

Today we are delighted to announce that we have appointed Jeff Horowitz as Coinbase’s Chief Compliance Officer.

31 July 2018

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Coinbase targets institutional investors with new tools

The cryptocurrency market is maturing rapidly as more sophisticated institutional participants enter the space. In fact, in the past few months over 100 hedge funds were created that exclusively invest in and trade cryptocurrency. Some of the world’s largest financial institutions have also recently announced their plans to begin trading cryptocurrency.

15 May 2018

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Coinbase names Nyse vet Eric Scro VP, finance

Today I am pleased to announce that Eric Scro is joining Coinbase as Vice President of Finance. Eric joins us from the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), where he spent the last 8.5 years, most recently as the Head of Finance.

08 March 2018

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Coinbase launches index fund

We’re excited to announce Coinbase Index Fund. Coinbase Index Fund will give investors exposure to all digital assets listed on Coinbase’s exchange, GDAX, weighted by market capitalization. If a new asset is listed on the exchange, it will be automatically added to the fund.

07 March 2018

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Coinbase hires LinkedIn veteran to oversee acquisitions and partnerships

Today I am thrilled to announce that Emilie Choi is joining Coinbase as Vice President of Corporate and Business Development.

06 March 2018

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Coinbase entices merchants with cyrpto checkout option

We’re excited to announce Coinbase Commerce, available today for merchants around the world.

15 February 2018

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Trading Technologies and Coinbase seek to bridge the divide between futures and crypto markets

Trading Technologies International, Inc. (TT), a global provider of high-performance professional trading software, and Coinbase, which owns and operates Global Digital Asset Exchange (GDAX), one of the world’s largest and most trusted digital asset exchanges, today announced a strategic partnership to provide professional cryptoc

25 January 2018

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Subscribers can now buy, sell, send and receive Bitcoin Cash on Coinbase

We’re excited to announce that customers will be able to buy, sell, send and receive Bitcoin Cash on Coinbase.

20 December 2017

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Facebook Messenger chief David Marcus joins Coinbase board

I’m pleased to announce that David Marcus, Vice President of Messaging Products at Facebook, will be joining Coinbase’s Board of Directors.

13 December 2017

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