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Understanding Web 3 — A User Controlled Internet – The Coinbase Blog

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Coinbase breaks down the motivation and technology behind the development of Web 3 This 3-part post focuses on the why, what and how of the latest chapter in the world wide web’s history, called Web 3. Part 1 explains shortcomings of today’s web and how Web 3 represents an improvement; Part 2 focuses on what the Web 3 stack is; and Part 3 focuses on how developers can build on it. Today’s world wide web, or the internet, has two key missing properties: It doesn’t hold “state”, independent of trusted operators…

Bookmark your favorite dapps on Coinbase Wallet – The Coinbase Blog

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Everyone has a few favorite decentralized apps (dapps) — whether it’s a collectibles game, a token trading platform, or a decentralized social network. Bookmarks have been one of our most requested features since we launched dapps on Coinbase Wallet. Now, you can bookmark your favorite dapps and see them on your Coinbase Wallet homescreen. Add and manage your bookmarks with Coinbase Wallet. And that’s not all we’re shipping in this update. We’ve also launched the dapp explorer — your homebase to discover the latest and greatest dapps on the decentralized web. The dapp explorer is…

Buy and sell immediately and higher daily limits – The Coinbase Blog

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Increasing daily limits to $25,000 and enabling immediate trading Today we’re announcing immediate trading and significantly higher default limits for Coinbase accounts. Starting today, we are rolling out the ability to trade cryptocurrency immediately after a purchase — no more waiting five days for funds to settle. Most customers will also see their trading limits increased to $25,000 per day. This functionality will be available for US customers over the next few weeks. Empowering customers to trade when they want Millions of people turn to Coinbase to get started buying and selling…

Buy and Sell Ethereum Classic on Coinbase Consumer – The Coinbase Blog

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Starting today, Coinbase Consumer supports Ethereum Classic (ETC) on Coinbase.com and the mobile app. Customers in every country where Coinbase operates can log in now to buy, sell, send, receive, or store Ethereum Classic, along with Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Litecoin. One of the most common requests we hear from customers is to be able to trade more assets on Coinbase. Ethereum Classic is just a first step in that direction. We announced last month that we are exploring a number of other assets to add to the platform.…

When it comes to context, more is more – The Coinbase Blog

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And other lessons I learned on the front lines of hypergrowth When I joined Coinbase in 2014, we were 10 people in a tiny loft in SoMa. The master bedroom served as our conference room, and when we needed privacy, we took calls in the laundry room. Every so often, one of us would have to restart the router to kick the wifi back into action. Today, Coinbase has offices in six cities across three countries. We serve 20 million accounts in 32 countries. Not only do we now have…

Introducing our Institutional Core Principles – The Coinbase Blog

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Our mission at Coinbase is to create an open financial system for the world. We take this mission seriously: it’s the guiding light for every decision we make, and one of the reasons we recently launched a suite of products and services designed specifically for the needs of institutional investors. These offerings are bringing new capital into the space, facilitating more efficient price discovery and driving methods for safer storage — all of which helps move us closer to an open financial system. Today, we’re sharing a set of core principles that…

Is Coinbase a finance or a tech company? – The Coinbase Blog

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Team, At our last all hands meeting, an employee raised a great question: are we a tech company or a finance company? This question deserves a thoughtful answer, so I decided to lay it out here. Many of you have noticed that we share aspects of both. On the tech side, we have an engineering and product-led culture, tech company perks (free meals, kombucha on tap, etc), and we hire from many of the best tech companies. At the same time, we share aspects of financial services. We have robust…