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Bitcoin Price Set For Major Breakout? Coinbase Premium Signals Imminent Move

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Coinbase Launches Wrapped Bitcoin for Ethereum and Base Networks

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Coinbase has unveiled Coinbase Wrapped Bitcoin (cbBTC), giving users a gateway to decentralized finance (defi) apps on Ethereum and Base, using bitcoin (BTC). The cbBTC token is essentially a wrapped version of bitcoin, fully backed by BTC held in Coinbase’s custody. Coinbase Wrapped Bitcoin Opens New Defi Opportunities According to the San Francisco-based crypto exchange, […] Original

Coinbase launches cbBTC, a wrapped Bitcoin token

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Coinbase is rolling out cbBTC — Coinbase Wrapped BTC — an ERC20 token backed 1:1 by Bitcoin, which Coinbase holds. According to a press release shared with crypto.news, the cbBTC token is now available on Base and Ethereum (ETH). Wrapped Bitcoin is a tokenized version of Bitcoin (BTC) that runs on Ethereum or other blockchains, giving BTC holders access to DeFi applications. Coinbase’s cbBTC is the latest addition to the wrapped asset category, following the likes of WBTC (WBTC).  In August, Coinbase posted a cryptic tweet about a new wrapped…

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Mostly Loses Motion to Dismiss a Class Action

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A group of Coinbase shareholders sued the exchange in 2022, alleging the exchange “made materially false and misleading statements” about its operations and risk of regulatory action. United States District Judge Brian Martinotti, of the District of New Jersey, ruled Thursday that while the plaintiffs had a plausible case that Coinbase acted “negligently” when it came to regulatory action (the SEC did, in fact, sue Coinbase), they did not bring a plausible case for most of the allegations. Source

Top US Crypto Exchange Coinbase Adds New Ethereum (ETH) Layer-2 Scaling Protocol to Listing Roadmap

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Coinbase added the new native asset of an Ethereum (ETH) layer-2 scaling protocol to its listing roadmap on Friday, putting the token on the potential path to trading on the top US crypto exchange. Zksync (ZK), the newest addition to the listing roadmap, bills itself as “an ever-expanding verifiable blockchain network, secured by math.” The project is a ZK rollup, one of the two main types of rollup solutions that execute transactions outside of Ethereum’s blockchain but record the transactional data. ZK rollups run computations off the chain and then…

Coinbase stock forms risky patterns as crypto outlook darkens

Coinbase stock slipped for eight straight days, the longest losing streak since July, as cryptocurrencies continued falling. Coinbase is facing major headwinds Decentralized and centralized exchanges have come under pressure as cryptocurrency volume has dropped in the past few months. Data from DeFi Llama shows that the volume traded in DEXs peaked at $260 billion in March and then retreated to $175 billion in August. More data shows that the volume traded on CEX platforms stood at $1.2 trillion in August, down from $2.48 trillion in March. This volume has…

Bitcoin (BTC) Price Slips Below $56K as Crypto Weakness Continues; Coinbase (COIN) Falls to 7-Month Lows

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Crypto-focused stocks also performed poorly. Crypto exchange giant Coinbase (COIN) declined 1%, briefly slipping below $160 for the first time since February, taking out the lows hit during the early August crash due to the Japanese yen carry trade unwind. Large-cap bitcoin miners Marathon (MARA) and Riot Platforms (RIOT) were down 4% and 2%, respectively. Original