Category: 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.

October 10, 2020
Andreessen Horowitz Publishes ‘Crypto Startup School’ Documentary

The California-based private American venture capital firm, Andreessen Horowitz, has published a documentary called “Crypto Startup School.” The documentary is different from other blockchain films, as the 30-minute video shows some of the procedures leveraged while invoking a crypto-focused startup. On October 9, 2020, the company Andreessen Horowitz published a new documentary on Youtube called…

October 10, 2020
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.

October 9, 2020
Coinbase hemorrhages employees following controversial culture stance

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong publishes further details about his company’s changing landscape.

October 8, 2020
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.

October 8, 2020
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.

October 8, 2020
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.

October 7, 2020
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.

October 7, 2020
Spanish Prosecution Office Investigating Alleged Bitcoin Pyramid Scheme: $1 Billion in Investor Funds Reportedly Missing

The Spanish Prosecution office says it is investigating Arbistar for allegedly running a bitcoin trading scam with preliminary findings suggesting $1 billion in investors’ funds cannot be accounted for. The disappearance of investor funds has affected 32,000 families that are failing to access their savings that are invested with Arbistar, a bitcoin trading platform. Problems…

October 7, 2020
Spanish Prosecution Office Investigating Alleged Bitcoin Pyramid Scheme: $1 Billion in Investor Funds Reportedly Missing

The Spanish Prosecution office says it is investigating Arbistar for allegedly running a bitcoin trading scam with preliminary findings suggesting $1 billion in investors’ funds cannot be accounted for. The disappearance of investor funds has affected 32,000 families that are failing to access their savings that are invested with Arbistar, a bitcoin trading platform. Problems…

October 7, 2020