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Nov 14, 2021

Sep 10

Celer Bridge incident analysis

Celer Bridge incident analysis - igo2fix

Tl;dr: In this piece we share critical lessons about the nature of the Celer Bridge compromise, attacker on-chain and off-chain

Sep 9

Sanctions Should Target Bad Actors. Not Technology.

Sanctions Should Target Bad Actors. Not Technology. - igo2fix

Tl;dr: Coinbase is funding a lawsuit brought by six people challenging the US Treasury Department’s sanctions of the Tornado Cash

Sep 9

Defending Privacy in Crypto

Defending Privacy in Crypto - igo2fix

Tl;dr: Coinbase is funding a lawsuit brought by six people challenging the U.S. Treasury Department’s sanctions of the Tornado Cash

Sep 7

Real-time reconciliation with Overseer

Real-time reconciliation with Overseer - igo2fix

Tl;dr: A common challenge with distributed systems is how to ensure that state remains synchronized across systems. At Coinbase, this

Sep 3

How Coinbase Protects Users From Risky Assets

How Coinbase Protects Users From Risky Assets - igo2fix

By Dan Kim — Vice President, Ecosystem and Listings Tl;dr: Coinbase reviews thousands of crypto tokens; around 90% never get considered for listing

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Sep 2

Coinbase Cloud launches Solana Archival Nodes to empower the Solana developer community

Coinbase Cloud launches Solana Archival Nodes to empower the Solana developer community - igo2fix

by Coinbase Cloud team Coinbase Cloud’s Solana Archival Nodes can examine historical address balances, run complex queries, and simulate the blockchain

Sep 2

Building a Python ecosystem for efficient and reliable development

Building a Python ecosystem for efficient and reliable development - igo2fix

Tl;dr: This blog post describes how we developed an efficient, reliable Python ecosystem using Pants, an open source build system,

Sep 2

A simple guide to the web3 developer stack

A simple guide to the web3 developer stack - igo2fix

A guide to the projects and companies working to make web3 development as easy as web2 Around the Block, from Coinbase

Aug 31

Decentralization, privacy, and a credibly neutral Ethereum

Decentralization, privacy, and a credibly neutral Ethereum - igo2fix

Tl;dr: The following post recaps this episode of Coinbase’s Around The Block podcast in which Viktor Bunin hosts Coinbase CEO

Aug 30

Compliance and Protecting Personal Information

Compliance and Protecting Personal Information - igo2fix

tl;dr How we protect personal information while complying with existing laws and regulations. Recently, we’ve received questions about why we

Aug 27

Performance Vitals: a unified scoring system to guide performance health and prioritization

Performance Vitals: a unified scoring system to guide performance health and prioritization -...

Tl;dr: The following post details how we measure client performance across products and cross-functional teams at Coinbase. By Leonardo Zizzamia,

Aug 26

Security PSA: Protecting ERC-20 assets from malicious actors

Security PSA: Protecting ERC-20 assets from malicious actors - igo2fix

Tl;dr: At Coinbase, our top priority is, and always will be, protecting you and your digital assets. That’s why we

Aug 26

Coinbase Derivatives Exchange to add Nano Ether Futures Contract

Coinbase Derivatives Exchange to add Nano Ether Futures Contract - igo2fix

Tl:dr: Coinbase Derivatives Exchange will launch its second listed crypto derivatives product on August 29th, 2022: Nano Ether futures contract (ET).

Aug 26

Why We’re Launching a Voter Registration & Education Initiative

Why We’re Launching a Voter Registration & Education Initiative - igo2fix

By Faryar Shirzad, Chief Policy Officer Tl;dr: We’re launching our U.S. crypto policy education initiative today, which includes a voter registration

Aug 23

PayPal joins the TRUST Travel Rule Solution

PayPal joins the TRUST Travel Rule Solution - igo2fix

Coinbase is pleased to share the addition of PayPal to the Travel Rule Universal Solution Technology (TRUST) network. TRUST is

Aug 19

Security PSA: Sha Zhu Pan (Pig Butchering) Investment Scams

Security PSA: Sha Zhu Pan (Pig Butchering) Investment Scams - igo2fix

Tl;dr Coinbase has seen a concerning increase in fraudulent cryptocurrency investment platforms that are sourcing victims through connections on dating

Aug 18

Reinforcing our customers account security with enhanced password protection

Reinforcing our customers account security with enhanced password protection - igo2fix

Tl;dr: We are excited to announce the expansion of our enhanced password protections. By protecting the first layer of our

Aug 17

The Ethereum Merge is Coming: Here’s what you need to know

The Ethereum Merge is Coming: Here’s what you need to know - igo2fix

Tl;dr: Ethereum is anticipated to move to Proof-of-Stake (PoS) on or around September 15, 2022 making it more secure, less

Aug 16

USDC: The digital dollar for the global crypto economy

USDC: The digital dollar for the global crypto economy - igo2fix

TL;DR: Coinbase believes crypto will be part of the solution for creating an open financial system that is both more

Aug 11

Is the Bitcoin Lightning Network for real?

Is the Bitcoin Lightning Network for real? - igo2fix

Around the Block from Coinbase Ventures sheds light on key trends in crypto. Written by Connor Dempsey & Sam Newman In

Aug 10

Nomad Bridge incident analysis

Nomad Bridge incident analysis - igo2fix

Tl;dr: Building a better crypto ecosystem means building a better, more equitable future for us all. That’s why we are

Aug 5

Coinbase selected by BlackRock; provide Aladdin clients access to crypto trading and custody via…

Coinbase selected by BlackRock; provide Aladdin clients access to crypto trading and custody via… -...

Coinbase selected by BlackRock; provide Aladdin clients access to crypto trading and custody via Coinbase Prime Tl;dr: Coinbase and BlackRock to

Aug 2

Coinbase Prime grows its staking offering with ETH

Coinbase Prime grows its staking offering with ETH - igo2fix

Tl:dr: We’re launching Ethereum staking to US domestic institutional clients on Coinbase Prime. Using our industry-leading cold storage, clients can

Jul 27

Introducing Coinbase Security Prompt — a safer and easier way of signing into Coinbase

Introducing Coinbase Security Prompt — a safer and easier way of signing into Coinbase - igo2fix

Introducing Coinbase Security Prompt — a safer and easier way of signing into Coinbase Siyu Liu, Senior Product Manager; Chetan Rane, Product Manager Tl;Dr:

Jul 26

Security PSA: Search engine phishing

Security PSA: Search engine phishing - igo2fix

Tl;dr: Search engine phishing exploits the trust we have in search engines and the convenience of searching for something rather

Jul 23

Coinbase wins Best Prime Broker Award

Coinbase wins Best Prime Broker Award - igo2fix

by Brett Tejpaul, Head of Coinbase Institutional, and Elke Karskens, Head of EMEA Marketing We recently won the Best Prime

Jul 22

Coinbase does not list securities. End of story.

Coinbase does not list securities. End of story. - igo2fix

By Paul Grewal, Chief Legal Officer Tl;dr: Coinbase does not list securities on its platform. Period. We have said it before,

Jul 22

The Crypto Securities Market is Waiting to be Unlocked. But First We Need Workable Rules.

The Crypto Securities Market is Waiting to be Unlocked. But First We Need Workable Rules. - igo2fix

TL;DR: Coinbase filed a petition asking the SEC to begin rulemaking on digital asset securities. The existing rules for securities

Jul 22

Coinbase Ventures Q2 investment memo

Coinbase Ventures Q2 investment memo - igo2fix

Coinbase Ventures Q2 recap and market outlook Around the Block sheds light on key trends in crypto. Written by Connor Dempsey,

Jul 21

Institutional Insights: Our Approach to Crypto Financing

Institutional Insights: Our Approach to Crypto Financing - igo2fix

Tl;dr: In recent weeks, some firms have struggled to remain solvent due to insufficient risk controls. See how Coinbase implements

Jul 19

Coinbase secures Crypto Asset Service Provider approval in Italy

Coinbase secures Crypto Asset Service Provider approval in Italy - igo2fix

Coinbase secures Crypto Asset Service Provider approval in Italy

Tl;Dr: By meeting the regulatory requirements, Coinbase will continue to offer

Jul 15

Quantitative Crypto Insight: A systematic crypto trading strategy using perpetual futures

Quantitative Crypto Insight: A systematic crypto trading strategy using perpetual futures - igo2fix

TL;DR: Perpetuals futures are financial instruments that have become increasingly popular in the crypto space. Coinbase demonstrates a hypothetical simple

Jul 13

Operating efficiently at scale

Operating efficiently at scale - igo2fix

By Brian Armstrong, CEO and Co-founder As companies scale, they usually slow down and become less efficient. It takes more

Jul 12

A research platform for the entire cryptoeconomy: Coinbase Prices is now Coinbase Explore

A research platform for the entire cryptoeconomy: Coinbase Prices is now Coinbase Explore - igo2fix

TL;DR — We’ve upgraded Coinbase Prices and rebranded it as Coinbase Explore to provide users with a single platform to research the

Jul 6

Coinbase Institute Research: Crypto Prices and Market Efficiency

Coinbase Institute Research: Crypto Prices and Market Efficiency - igo2fix

By Cesare Fracassi, Chief Economist, Coinbase Institute TL;DR: How should we evaluate the recent highs and lows of crypto prices?

Jul 2

Introducing our NFT Dapp Starter Kit for Developers

Introducing our NFT Dapp Starter Kit for Developers - igo2fix

TL;DR: We’re providing developers with an open-source starter kit that can be used to kickstart dapp development for NFT minting

Jul 2

Building Across Europe

Building Across Europe - igo2fix

Tl;dr: As we continue to grow our presence in the UK and Europe, we have met with policymakers in the

Jul 1

Announcing the Relay VSCode extension