“If you are a short-term investor, if you are on Wall Street, you think that last year Coinbase was an awful investment,” Draper said. “And I would argue that over the next five years, it’s going to be the best investment,” he added, noting that right now – “emotionally everyone would hate it [investing in Coinbase].” Source
“An investment contract exists when you invest money in a common enterprise with a reasonable expectation of profits to be derived from the efforts of others. Intermediaries for investment contracts, whether they’re exchanges, brokers, dealers, clearinghouses, they need to comply with the securities laws and register with the Securities and Exchange Commission,” he said. “Instead, many crypto platforms are just pretending that these investment contracts that they offer are more like goldfish,” using an analogy about pets. Source
Analysts from the prominent New York-based investment bank H.C. Wainwright have declared an end to “crypto winter.” The bank has initiated its coverage of U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase with a “buy” rating, saying that the company stands to benefit from the growing cryptocurrency industry around the globe. In an April 26 note sent out to investors, Wainwright analyst Mike Colonnese observed that overall crypto asset prices have rallied 45% year-to-date (YTD) supported by a 67% increase in the price of Bitcoin (BTC). According to the analyst, markets “have likely now…
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest added more than 157,000 Coinbase (COIN) shares this week as the top US crypto exchange goes on the offensive against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). On Monday, three of ARK Invest’s funds made separate purchases of COIN shares worth a combined $6.98 million at time of writing. Coinbase shares currently make up 4.74% of ARK’s combined portfolio. The three funds’ estimated cost averages for COIN are $239.60, $254.65, and $242, all of which are far greater than Coinbase’s current share price, which currently sits…
Ishan Wahi has cited reasons such as “modest, law-abiding and admirable life” and mental health for the court to consider a jail term no more than 10 months. In the latest court filing, crypto exchange Coinbase former product manager Ishan Wahi, who’s guilty of insider trading, has asked for a jail term of no more than 10 months. The lawyers representing Wahi have made an appeal to the court in their recent filings. First-Ever Insider Crypto Trading Case Wahi pleaded guilty to the first-ever insider trading case concerning crypto assets.…
“We’ve seen consistently growing demand, despite recent market conditions, for high-performance digital asset trading platforms as institutional investors continue to build for long-term participation in this emerging asset class,” Anton Katz, co-founder of Talos, told CoinDesk in an interview. Source
Other participants in the funding round included Spartan, Amber Group, CMT Digital, Hashkey, GSR, KuCoin Ventures, liquidity provider Paradigm.co, Pirata Capital, Breed VC, and WAGMI Ventures. The round takes Credora up to $16 million in total funding. Source
“If you look at equities markets, retail investors don’t trade directly on the NYSE, they trade on Robinhood against market makers, who may hedge on NYSE,” said DFlow founder and CEO Nitesh Nath, who previously worked as a quant researcher at the Chicago-based trading giant DRW. “We’re improving that system in crypto, but the high level ideas are similar.” Source
On April 24, 2023, Coinbase announced that it had filed an action in federal court requesting the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to respond to their petition. The petition, submitted in July 2022, requested the commission to propose and adopt rules governing the regulation of digital assets. Coinbase Requests SEC to Respond to Petition for Digital Asset Regulation The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has filed a court action to press the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) about its July 2022 petition requesting regulatory guidance. In an announcement on Monday,…
Coinbase emphasized that all proceedings related to Stand with Crypto NFT collection launched through ZORA will be donated to vetted organizations. The biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States Coinbase has recently filed a lawsuit against top financial regulators Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The move comes after months of embittered relations between the two parties over SEC’s stringent regulatory policies for all companies dealing with crypto. As the crypto exchange chooses the legal path to get regulatory clarity, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong minted an NFT recently and asked the…