Tl;dr: Coinbase is introducing its innovative VSCode extension created in collaboration with the Relay team, for the Relay GraphQL client, which is available for developer use now. By Terence Bezman, Coinbase Senior Software Engineer In collaboration with the Relay team Read More
Coinbase Expands Staking Offerings to Include Solana
Tl;dr: Today, Coinbase is announcing an easy and secure way for eligible customers to earn staking rewards on Solana (SOL). By Thorsten Jaeckel, Senior Product Manager At Coinbase, we’re focused on offering more ways for customers to earn crypto rewards. Read More
Coinbase Commerce Updates: Faster Payments, No Fees, More Currency Options
Tl;dr: We’re announcing two big updates to our Commerce platform: instant, free payments from Coinbase users to Commerce merchants, and seven new cryptocurrencies that can be used for payments through Commerce. One of Coinbase’s goals is to become a platform Read More
web3 on the platform of your choice — a closer look at Coinbase Wallet’s multi-platform approach
Tl;dr: The replatforming of Coinbase Wallet’s mobile app reflects our commitment to improving access to web3. In this blog, we discuss why the transition to React Native marks a critical turning point for both our users and our technical teams. Read More
Coinbase Derivatives Exchange to make nano bitcoin futures available through leading brokers
Tl:dr: Coinbase Derivatives Exchange (formerly FairX) will launch its first listed crypto derivatives product on June 27, 2022: Nano Bitcoin futures contract (BIT), with each contract sized at 1/100th of a bitcoin. Upon the June 27th launch, BIT futures will Read More
Send and receive crypto on multiple networks, starting with Polygon and Solana
TL;DR: Over the next month, eligible Coinbase customers will be able to send and receive ETH, MATIC, and USDC on Polygon, and USDC on Solana. The Polygon integration marks the first time Coinbase has enabled the ability to send and Read More
Hello Advanced Trade, goodbye Coinbase Pro
Tl:dr Later this year, we’ll begin sunsetting Coinbase Pro to migrate all advanced trading into one unified Coinbase account, bringing customers access to popular features like staking, Borrow, dapp wallet, and Coinbase Card from a single platform balance. Advanced Trade Read More
Making web3 more accessible and intuitive — meet the new Coinbase Wallet mobile app
By Sid Coelho-Prabhu, Director of Product Management, and Jeff Hinojosa, Product Manager Tl;dr We have completely redesigned the Coinbase Wallet mobile app to be more intuitive and visually-compelling. With best-in-class multichain support that now includes Solana, one tap access to Read More
A message from Coinbase CEO and Cofounder, Brian Armstrong
By Brian Armstrong, CEO and Cofounder Earlier today, I shared the following note with all Coinbase employees. Team, Today I am making the difficult decision to reduce the size of our team by about 18%, to ensure we stay healthy Read More
Scaling Node Operations at Coinbase
Tl;dr: This blog shares insights on how Coinbase is investing in new tools and processes to scale its node operations. By Min Choi, Senior Engineering Manager — Crypto Reliability Blockchain nodes power almost every user experience at Coinbase. We use Read More
Olá from Brazil
Tl;dr: A quick update about a key priority market from the International team. As we prepare to launch in Brazil, we have hired a Country Director, are building out an engineering team, and have engaged with regulators, financial institutions, and Read More
The crypto market downturn explained: a macro outlook
Around the Block from Coinbase Ventures sheds light on key trends in crypto. Written by Connor Dempsey. Data by Mike Cohen. TLDR: Central Banks and governments responded to the March 2020 COVID market shock with unprecedented interest rate cuts, money Read More
Connecting great talent with new opportunities: Introducing the Coinbase Talent Hub
By L.J Brock, Chief People Officer As part of our announcement on Thursday, we made the difficult decision to rescind the offers of a number of candidates who were set to join Coinbase. While it’s necessary to slow our headcount Read More
Scaling Container Technologies at Coinbase with Kubernetes
Tl;dr: Our recent evaluation of Kubernetes underscored its suitability for scaling Coinbase into the future. In the past, a migration to Kubernetes raised concerns due to the operational burden of running and securing the control plane in-house. We’ve now concluded Read More
Update on Hiring Plans
By L.J Brock, Chief People Officer I shared an update with our employees today that I want to also share publicly here. TL;DR: In response to the current market conditions and ongoing business prioritization efforts, we will extend our hiring Read More
Setting the record straight: Your funds are safe at Coinbase — and always will be
By Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer A couple of weeks ago, a newly required SEC disclosure we made in our 10Q created some noise about how Coinbase holds crypto assets and what could happen in the highly unlikely event of Read More
Coinbase Commits $1 Million for Public Goods in partnership with Gitcoin
Tl;dr: Coinbase commits $1 million for Public Goods through Gitcoin, including $200,000 for upcoming Grants Round 14. Today, Coinbase is pleased to announce its ongoing support of digital public goods — or open-source software supporting open-source protocols — in collaboration Read More
Listing assets on Coinbase is free, and always has been
Tl;dr: Coinbase’s goal is to provide a neutral marketplace where customers can engage with every safe and compliant crypto asset. As part of this effort, we have always ensured that listing an asset on Coinbase is completely free of all Read More
FACT0RN Blockchain: Integer Factorization as Proof-of-Work (PoW)
Tl;dr: This report updates on what FACT0RN Blockchain, a Coinbase Crypto Community Fund grant recipient, has been working on to replace PoW hashing by work that is of interest to the private sector as well as to the academic community. Read More
Part 2: Quantitative Crypto Insight: Stablecoins and Unstable Yield
By George Liu and Matthew Turk Tl;dr: This blog analyzes centralized stablecoin lending yield for Compound Finance and shares our insights on performance, volatility, and factors that drive this yield on collateralized lending of stablecoins in DeFi. The analysis shows Read More