Coinbase, Readying for Public Listing, Gets $77B Valuation From Nasdaq Private Market
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, which is preparing to trade publicly in the next few months, is being valued at $77 billion, based on trading of the…
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Harvard, Yale, Brown Endowments Have Been Buying Bitcoin for at Least a Year: Sources
Some of the largest university endowment funds in the U.S. have been quietly buying cryptocurrency for the past year or so through accounts held at…
Coinbase to Suspend XRP Trading Following SEC Suit Against Ripple
Coinbase said it will suspend trading of XRP, the cryptocurrency behind the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit against Ripple Labs last week claiming it is really a security.…
Coinbase, With Bitcoin Soaring, Files in Preparation for Landmark Public Offering
Coinbase is getting ready to go public. On Thursday, the major cryptocurrency exchange filed preliminary documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Coinbase…
Banks in US Can Now Offer Crypto Custody Services, Regulator Says
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is letting all nationally chartered banks in the U.S. provide custody services for cryptocurrencies. In a…
CoinMarketCap Metric Overhaul Keeps Owner Binance at the Top
CoinMarketCap came under fire last month after its new web traffic-based ranking system gave Binance – which acquired the aggregator for a rumored $400 million in April…
Coinbase Says That 60% of Its Bitcoin Buyers Go Into Altcoins
Major cryptoasset exchange Coinbase claims that although most of its users initially favor bitcoin (BTC), the vast majority also go on to trade altcoins and other digital assets.…
Coinbase Becomes First ‘Pure’ Crypto Firm Approved as Visa Principal Member
Coinbase, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange, has been made a Visa principal member. Announcing the news on its blog Wednesday, the firm said the news marks it…
Winklevoss-Led Gemini Exchange Now Has Its Own Insurance Company
Gemini, the crypto exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, has created its own insurance company to protect clients against the potential loss of coins…
Coinbase-Led Crypto Ratings Council Plans Transparency Boost as New Members Join
The Crypto Ratings Council (CRC), the Coinbase-led organization hoping to create a standard for assessing whether different cryptocurrencies are securities under U.S. law, is adding…