The high-profile additions come as Coinbase reportedly eyes a public offering.
Users do not have to pre-fund their USDC-bearing wallet with ether before every transaction, according to Centre.
Hughes had taken over Coinbase's international legal operations earlier this month.
SpiceVC announced it has signed an agreement with Coinbase Custody, under which Coinbase will serve as the digital asset custodian for the Spice token.
BAND surged to 24-hour trading highs shortly after news of the listing broke.
Coinbase will allow U.S. retail customers to borrow fiat loans against as much as 30% of their bitcoin holdings starting in the fall.
A California appeals court has backed a prior judgment that the cryptocurrency exchange wasn't obliged to to support the Bitcoin Gold hard fork in 2017.
Coinbase cited recent board decisions that could "irreperably impair" the Blockchain Association.
An IPO would do little to boost Coinbase's following or $8 billion valuation, said a lawyer that specializes in getting startups to a public offering.
Gupta will help Coinbase "through the next phase of company growth."
Chainlink's link token has surged past bitcoin, becoming the most traded cryptocurrency of the past 24 hours on Coinbase Pro.
The popular trading platform isonce considering expanding its list of crypto assets.
The program applies to customers residing in the U.S., U.K., The Netherlands, Spain, France and Australia.
With Coinbase rumored to be considering a share listing, some say a move toward more public ownership could accelerate mainstream crypto adoption.
Top cryptocurrency exchanges including Coinbase will release a white paper detailing a way to comply with the Financial Action Task Force's "Travel Rule."