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News/payments

Square and Coinbase eye consumer lending market

Square is piloting a feature that lets users of its Cash App P2P payments service get small, short-term loans.

14 August 2020

News/crypto

Coinbase mulls listing - Reuters

American cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is investigating a stock market listing, according to Reuters.

09 July 2020

Company announcement/people

Coinbase names Facebook's Paul Grewal chief legal officer

We’re proud to announce today that Paul Grewal is joining Coinbase as our Chief Legal Officer.

08 July 2020

News/regulation

US regulator signals change to digital banking rules

A US federal banking regulator has called for public feedback on the use of cryptocurrencies ahead of what could be a change in the rules on digital banking.

05 June 2020

News/crypto

Coinbase to pay UK and EU customers 5% ‘interest’ on crypto holdings

Coinbase has announced it is to start offering staking rewards to its customers in the UK and certain EU countries, which could offer around 5% interest on the Tezos they hold in their wallet.

28 May 2020

Company announcement/crypto

Coinbase to acquire crypto prime brokerage platform Tagomi

Over the past eight years, Coinbase has built one of the most trusted names in crypto by providing clients with industry-leading trading and custody platforms. Today, we’re at an inflection point in the industry, with some of the world’s top hedge fund and macro investors entering the space and searching for the right infrastructure through which to engage with crypto.

27 May 2020

Company announcement/crypto

CoinDCX scores US$2.5 million investment from Polychain Capital and Coinbase Ventures

CoinDCX, India’s largest and safest cryptocurrency exchange, has announced that it has secured a US$2.5 million strategic investment led by Polychain Capital with support from Coinbase Ventures, the investment arm of San Francisco-based cryptocurrency giant Coinbase.

26 May 2020

News/people

Coinbase names Barclays vet Tejpaul head, institutional coverage

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has hired Barclays Investment Bank veteran Brett Tejpaul to lead its institutional coverage.

20 April 2020

Company announcement/crypto

Coinbase Card comes to Google Pay

Android users can now add Coinbase Card, a Visa debit card funded by crypto, directly to their Google Pay wallets.

17 March 2020

News

Coinbase becomes Visa Principal Member

Coinbase has become the first pure-play cryptocurrency company to gain Visa membership.

19 February 2020

Company announcement/crypto

Coinbase names Google vet Surojit Chatterjee chief product officer

Today we’re announcing that Surojit Chatterjee is joining Coinbase as our new Chief Product Officer after spending 11 years at Google.

29 January 2020

News/crypto

HMRC turns to analytics to crack down on crypto cybercriminals

Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is seeking expressions of interest from vendors for a blockchain analytics tool to catch cybercriminals trading in cryptocurrencies.

21 January 2020