An hour of high volume trading on Tuesday resulted in bitcoin trading lower, giving back nearly half of the previous day’s gains.
The exchange's membership of Japan's self-regulatory organization for cryptocurrency firms indicates Coinbase still plans to launch services in the nation.
They don’t need to shut their headquarters; they don’t have headquarters.
A Coinbase spokesperson said customer data had not been used in its trial of the tech.
Crossing below the $9,000 price level is a new low for February 2020. Bitcoin has not traded below the $9,000 threshold since January 27, when it began a march to new highs in the $10,500 range.
The new support also includes an integration with the Ethereum Name Service), allowing Coinbase Wallet users to send cryptocurrencies to .eth addresses.
The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange will have the power to issue payment cards thanks to its new status.
Coinbase is rolling out margin trading retail and institutional investors in the U.S. and nine other countries, offering a light 3x leverage to traders.
The exchange has now added the privacy-enhancing cryptocurrency zcash and its own USDC stablecoin in New York state.
Coinbase has launched Coinbase Custody International Inc., a European entity for handling cryptocurrency deposits.
Surojit Chatterjee becomes Coinbase’s first chief product officer since the departure of Jeremy Henrickson in December 2018.
Asiff Hirji, Coinbase's former president and COO, will take on a new role as president of blockchain-based lending startup Figure Technologies.
The Crypto Ratings Council, formed by Coinbase, Kraken and other exchanges last year, has added eToro and Radar as members. It's also planning to unveil its asset rating framework this year.
Coinbase will fork over $962,500 after settling a class action lawsuit which alleged Cryptsy founder Paul Vernon used the U.S. exchange to launder his victims' funds.
Coinbase claims professional investors in 100 different countries can access 50 different trading pairs on its new Android mobile application.