Coinbase Borrow, a program that allowed customers to receive fiat loans of up to $1 million against as much as 30% of their bitcoin (BTC) holdings, will be shutting down over the coming months as the company focuses its resources on products that “customers care about most,” a spokesperson told CoinDesk Thursday. Source
Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong will meet with a bipartisan group of US House of Representatives on July 19 to discuss proposed new laws about digital assets. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a lawsuit against Coinbase and Binance, alleging that they failed to carry out registration. According to Bloomberg, Armstrong plans to discuss taxation, national security, privacy issues, and climate change against this background. The New Democrat Coalition representative said in an email…
Brian Armstrong, the CEO of United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, is reportedly planning to meet with members of Congress to discuss digital asset legislation and related issues. According to a July 17 Bloomberg report, Armstrong has a scheduled meeting with the New Democrat Coalition, a group of roughly 100 Democrats in the House of Representatives focused on advancing “innovative, inclusive, and forward-looking policies.” The Coinbase CEO will reportedly speak with the lawmakers on digital asset legislation as well as how the technology could potentially impact national security, privacy and the…
The crypto exchange is still faced with significant regulatory challenges, the report said. Source
Cathie Wood, the founder and CEO of ARK Investment Management, said she remains bullish over Coinbase in light of Ripple’s partial victory over the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13. While Wood noted the ruling wasn’t in outright favor of Ripple, she lauded the outcome as “by and large, very positive for [crypto] exchanges.” Wood joins the ranks of crypto industry pundits who have made similar points, arguing that the ruling — which found that XRP (XRP) tokens sold to retail investors on crypto exchanges were not securities —…
“We view the ruling as incrementally positive for Coinbase, given the interpretation that in some cases a token may not be a security,” the bank’s analysts wrote, keeping COIN’s rating at underweight with a $70 price target. “This may also provide incremental clarity for future token issuances.” Source
Cathie Wood's ARK Sells Another $50.5M Coinbase Shares Source
A New York federal judge says the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could have given Coinbase a heads-up that it could be violating securities laws before approving its application to go public. The SEC filed a lawsuit against Coinbase in June alleging that the Nasdaq-listed firm sold unregistered securities. During the pre-trial conference, SEC counsel Peter Mancuso says the agency’s approval of Coinbase’s S-1 application to conduct an initial public offering (IPO) does not mean the commission ever gave its stamp of approval to the crypto exchange’s entire business.…
As the stock price of Coinbase (COIN) reaches a 52-week high, Ark Invest, the investment management firm led by Bitcoin (BTC) bull Cathie Wood, has recently divested more of its Coinbase shares. Following Ark Invest’s significant acquisition of Coinbase shares during the bear market, the investment firm has recently sold off a portion of its Coinbase holdings for the second time this week. In the meantime, Cathie Wood, the prominent Bitcoin advocate, is actively investing in Meta Platforms (META) and Robinhood Markets (HOOD) shares. Trade information observed by Cointelegraph reveals…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has argued in court that approving a firm’s S-1 application to go public, does not represent a “blessing” from the agency, nor provide a verification that the business is regulatory compliant. In the interest of transparency, here is the transcript from our hearing yesterday in the SDNY case brought against us by the SEC. We appreciate the Court’s careful consideration. https://t.co/NEEsr05fos — paulgrewal.eth (@iampaulgrewal) July 14, 2023 As per July 13 court documents from the pre-motion hearing of the SEC vs Coinbase case,…