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Coinbase

Coinbase Received Over 1,800 Law Enforcement Information Requests in the First Half of 2020

Coinbase received more than 1,800 request for information from law enforcement in the first half of 2020, largely in the form of subpoenas, the company announced Friday.

News  ·  16 October 2020
CoinFlash

Coinbase’s Global Marketing Head Latest to Join Mass Exit

Global Marketing Head John Russ is the latest in a string of departures from the crypto exchange over recent weeks.

Business  ·  16 October 2020
Coinbase

Coinbase to Sponsor 2 Bitcoin Core Developers With New Grant Program

Coinbase is sponsoring at least two Bitcoin Core developers with a new grant program, the San Francisco-based exchange announced Thursday.

Business  ·  15 October 2020
CoinFlash

Coinbase Chief Compliance Officer Departs Amid Wider Exodus

Around 5% of staff have left since CEO Brian Armstrong declared an apolitical stance at the company.

News  ·  14 October 2020
Coinbase

Serena Williams Looks to Have Dropped Coinbase Investment After Activism Row

Williams' venture firm no longer displays Coinbase in its portfolio.

Business  ·  13 October 2020
DeFi

Coinbase Wallet Users Can Now Purchase Crypto Inside the App

For Coinbase users who don’t want to keep their funds on an exchange, the buying and storing crypto just became a lot easier.

Business  ·  12 October 2020
Coinbase

Coinbase Senior Software Engineer Left This Week, Unclear If Departure Linked to New Policy

Andrei Anisimov, whose LInkedIn profile still describes him as a "Senior Software Engineer" at Coinbase, tweeted Saturday that this was his last week at the cryptocurrency exchange.

News  ·  11 October 2020
Coinbase

Coinbase VP of Business and Data Will Leave Over Mission Statement

In a LinkedIn post, Vice President of Business and Data Dan Yoo announced he is leaving the company after CEO Brian Armstrong's blog post saying the company was moving in an ‘apolitical’ direction and later offered a severance package for employees who disagreed.

News  ·  9 October 2020
Coinbase

5% of Coinbase Employees Take Severance Offer Over ‘Apolitical’ Stance

Sixty of Coinbase’s 1,200 employees have accepted the exit package offered by CEO Brian Armstrong, according to a memo obtained by CoinDesk.

Business  ·  8 October 2020
Coinbase

Reading Between the Lines of Brian Armstrong’s Mission Memo

Brian Armstrong's apolitical stance speaks to an unhealthy Silicon Valley culture where debate is shut down and substantive conversations happen underground.

Business  ·  8 October 2020
Coinbase

Coinbase’s ‘Mission’ Violates the Spirit of Bitcoin

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong wants it both ways: to be apolitical about uncomfortable disruptions and political about Bitcoin's mission to disrupt the world.

Policy & regulation  ·  7 October 2020
Coinbase

Huobi, Dragonfly, Coinbase Invest $500K in New DEX With Alternative Oracle Solutions

CoFix claims to have better token price feeds based on a pricing mechanism derived from a decentralized price oracle and the DEX’s patented risk assessment model.

Business  ·  7 October 2020
Coinbase

Crypto Long & Short: Coinbase’s ‘Apolitical’ Stance Isn’t Nearly as Simple as It Sounds

Coinbase raises important questions about employee activism, plus what the BitMEX indictments say about the future of the industry.

Markets  ·  4 October 2020
Coinbase

Coinbase Employees Have Begun to Take Severance Packages

CEO Brian Armstrong and other managers at the San Francisco-based crypto exchange told employees in company- wide meetings that Armstrong had been planning this move for six months.

Business  ·  2 October 2020
CoinFlash

Coinbase Reportedly Warns Some UK Users It's Handing Their Details to the Taxman

U.K. users of the exchange who have received £5,000 or more in the past tax year will have their information passed to the tax authority.

Business  ·  2 October 2020