Crypto Exchange

Coinbase has expanded in Brazil. (Getty Images)

Previously, the exchange's users in Brazil could purchase crypto only with a credit card.

By Andrés Engler

Mar 21, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. UTC

Mar 21, 2023

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Orca founders Yutaro Mori (left) and Ori Kwan (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Dex

Crypto Exchange Orca to Block U.S. Traders From Website

The top decentralized exchange on Solana will restrict U.S. trading activity on orca.so beginning on March 31.

By Danny Nelson

Mar 16, 2023 at 4:53 p.m. UTC

Mar 16, 2023

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Technology

Coinbase

Coinbase Starts ‘Wallet as a Service’ Companies Can Build Into Their Own Apps

The U.S. crypto exchange says the new service could help companies “to help bring the next hundred million customers into Web3 through a seamless wallet-onboarding experience....

By Bradley Keoun

Mar 8, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. UTC

Mar 8, 2023

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Finance

Coinbase

Coinbase Acquires One River Digital Asset Management

The crypto exchange is expanding its move beyond the core business of retail trading.

By Jamie Crawley Helene Braun

Mar 3, 2023 at 2:16 p.m. UTC

Mar 3, 2023

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Finance

Coinbase

Host of Crypto Firms, Including Coinbase, Paxos and Galaxy, Jump Ship From Silvergate Bank

Coinbase's change is specific to banking in U.S. dollars and doesn't affect payment instructions in pounds or euros.

By Jamie Crawley

Mar 2, 2023 at 1:19 p.m. UTC

Mar 2, 2023

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BitBNS says law enforcement advised against making a hack public. (Shutterstock)

Policy

India

Indian Crypto Exchange BitBNS Says Law Enforcement Advised Against Making Hack Public

A $7.5 million hack of the exchange in February 2022 was uncovered earlier this week by ZachXBT, a pseudonymous crypto sleuth.

By Amitoj Singh

Mar 2, 2023 at 1:17 p.m. UTC

Mar 2, 2023

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Policy

Tron

Justin Sun Says Hong Kong’s New Licensing Regime Could Shift Policy in Mainland China, Eventually

In the interim, if granted a VASP license, the Tron founder says Houbi will launch a new exchange, Huobi Hong Kong, to comply with regulators.

By Fran Velasquez

Mar 1, 2023 at 8:53 p.m. UTC

Mar 1, 2023

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Andrea Medri, founder of The Rock Trading (YouTube)

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Italy

‘Italian FTX’ Leaves Users in Limbo, Citing ‘Difficulties in Liquidity Management’

The Rock Trading, one of the oldest crypto exchanges in the world, said Tuesday it was pausing its operations, raising fears about its future.

By Anna Baydakova

Feb 24, 2023 at 8:54 p.m. UTC

Feb 24, 2023

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Technology

Coinbase

Coinbase's New Layer 2 Blockchain, Base, Has Rocky Rollout

The much-anticipated protocol struggled to process user transactions, then became the target of some Twitter shade for changing some terms of a contribution pledge on the fly.

By Elizabeth Napolitano

Feb 24, 2023 at 12:11 a.m. UTC

Feb 24, 2023

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