Category: Coinbase
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Coinbase Launches Cryptocurrency Visa Card in the US
U.S. customers can now apply for the Coinbase Visa, a card that allows users to spend digital assets anywhere Visa is accepted. In addition to the U.S. launch, Coinbase cardholders will be able to earn up to 4% back in stellar or 1% back in bitcoin. A while back, the San Francisco-based cryptocurrency firm Coinbase…
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Onchain Data Shows Rising Bitcoin Whale Index Surpassing 4-Year High
Onchain analytics from the research and analysis firm Glassnode shows that the number of bitcoin whales (addresses with at least 1,000 bitcoins) has surpassed 1,900 clusters. The number of network participants in terms of 1,000 coin whales hasn’t been this high since 2016. Seven-day trailing statistics for the number of whales (addresses with balance ≥…
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Defi Protocol Harvest Finance Hacked for $24 Million, Attacker Returns $2.5 Million
Decentralized finance (defi protocol) Harvest Finance was hacked on Monday for $24 million. The attacker targeted the protocol’s liquidity pools, performing an arbitrage attack using a large flash loan – a type of uncollatarized loan – but later returned $2.5 million. In seven minutes, the hack was complete. Harvest Finance revealed that the hacker “manipulated…
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse opposes Coinbase’s ‘no politics’ policy
Brad Garlinghouse said tech companies have an obligation to contribute to solving societal issues.
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The curious case of Coinbase — employees driven out by ‘apolitical’ stance
Coinbase’s new “apolitical” culture has led to some employees taking severance packages, as the crypto community reacts with ambivalence.
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Coinbase Received 1,900 Requests for Client Info From Law Enforcement During First Half of 2020
Coinbase has revealed that it received a total of 1,914 requests for customer data from global law enforcement agencies during the first six months of 2020. It is, however, not clear how many of the requests were fulfilled. In its first so-called“transparency report” published Friday, the U.S. crypto exchange – which boasts a user base…