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Blog: Data protection and Brexit – ICO advice for organisations

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Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham sets out how the ICO is helping businesses, particularly SMEs, prepare for a possible no-deal Brexit 13 December 2018 The basis on which the UK will leave the EU has still to be decided. The Government has made clear that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be absorbed into UK law at the point of exit, so there will be no substantive change to the rules that most organisations need to follow. But organisations that rely on the transfers of personal data between the UK…

Blog: Sleigh-ing the Christmas GDPR myths

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In the latest of our series of GDPR myth-busting blogs, a new post by Deputy Commissioner (Policy) Steve Wood tackles some misconceptions which have sprung up around how the new data protection law might affect your Christmas. “He’s making a list,   “He’s checking it twice, “He’s gonna find out who’s naughty or nice,   “Santa Claus is in contravention of Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679.” This comical rewriting of the classic Christmas song has been doing the rounds on social media in recent weeks. There have even…

Lightning-Powered Blog Sees 20,000 Bitcoin Micropayments in 7 Months

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Few projects have done as much to explore crypto micropayments as the year-old Yalls blog created by Lightning Labs developer Alex Bosworth. From April through early November, Bosworth said, blog participants have processed nearly 20,000 invoices with the Lightning Network, a bitcoin scaling solution that makes micropayments feasible by keeping them off the blockchain, sidestepping network transaction fees. It costs roughly one cent to read a Yalls article, half a cent to leave a comment on a post, and 10 cents to react to a post with an emoji. Publishing…

Blog: ICO regulatory sandbox | ICO

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ICO analysing initial responses to regulatory sandbox project 21 November 2018 We published a ‘call for views’ on the development of our regulatory sandbox back in September, in line with the commitment made in our Technology Strategy to consult before the end of this year. We were keen to explore a wide range of issues, from identifying areas where data protection might be perceived as a barrier to innovation to the general scope of the sandbox and on to some more detailed questions about what mechanisms and operational approaches we…

Blog: Information Commissioner’s investigation into the Metropolitan Police Service’s Gangs Matrix concludes with enforcement action

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Gang violence is a matter of national concern – but the tools to tackle it must be fair, fit for purpose and above all, trusted by those communities at most risk 16 November 2018 Violent gang crime in London is a matter of national concern. At a time when children are tragically being murdered on the streets and with nearly 200 gangs operating in London, this is a very real and immediate concern and the challenges faced by the Metropolitan Police Service cannot be underestimated. I have the utmost respect…

Wrapping up Devcon4 – The Coinbase Blog

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Last week, more than 3,000 blockchain engineers, thinkers and investors descended on the city of Prague for the 4th Annual Ethereum Developers Conference. The ethos of an open financial system was on full display as everyone came together to ideate on and solve some of the toughest challenges facing Ethereum and blockchains today. Here’s a quick look at some of the highlights from our week. DeFi SummitWe kicked off the week at DeFi Summit, the second event in a new series hosted by a number of startups building the new…

Bitcoin Cash Launch Retrospective – The Coinbase Blog

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Launch of BCH Trading We announced our decision to support BCH trading on December 19, 2017. The following outlines the timeline of events that occurred: December 19, 2017 4:06 pm PST: We announced that GDAX would enable support for BCH trading on three new books: BCH-USD, BCH-EUR and BCH-BTC. In accordance with our Trading Rules these books opened in ‘post-only’ mode. This mode allows orders to be placed but not filled — establishing liquidity, encouraging price discovery, and mitigating the risk of a volatile market opening. 5:15 pm PST: We announced our…

Bitcoin Cash Trading Update – The Coinbase Blog

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We wanted to provide our customers with an update on Bitcoin Cash (BCH) trading on GDAX. At 4:00pm PST on December 19, 2017, we launched three BCH order books on GDAX. All BCH order books opened in post-only mode, allowing customers to place open orders and establish liquidity. At 5:20pm PST, we enabled trading on the BCH-USD book. The BCH-EUR and BCH-BTC books remained in post-only mode. At 5:22pm PST, we paused trading in the BCH-USD order book due to significant volatility. Once paused, we cancelled resting orders and cleared…

SegWit – The Coinbase Blog

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We wanted to give our customers an update on Bitcoin Segregated Witness (SegWit) transactions. While we plan to support SegWit in 2018, at this time we are focused on operating a secure and stable platform before implementing new features. We are excited to offer features that our customers want, but securely storing customer funds will always remain our top priority. Following security, we are committed to ensuring our exchange remains available and performant even during periods of peak activity. Many of our customers are asking for SegWit, and we hear…

Bitcoin Cash Trading Now Available on GDAX – The Coinbase Blog

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We’re happy to announce that Bitcoin Cash (BCH) is now listed and available for trading on GDAX. We made the decision to list BCH by considering such factors as customer interest, developer support, network security, market capitalization, trading volume, and our Digital Asset Framework. You can read more about Bitcoin Cash on our FAQ page. The following order books have been created and will remain in post-only mode until there is sufficient liquidity for trading: BCH–BTC BCH–USD BCH–EUR Bitcoin Cash was created by a fork of the Bitcoin network on…