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How to get hired at Coinbase

By Grant D’Arcy, VP of Talent and LearningThere’s no doubt Coinbase is one of the most exciting places to work right now.Crypto is at a defining moment — public adoption is at an all-time high and growing, and the explosion of Web3 applications is uncovering new possibilities every day. As the first publicly-traded crypto company and the world’s most trusted exchange platform, Coinbase is at the epicenter of the industry.In just the last 12 months at Coinbase, we’ve tripled our headcount, expand

Coinbase provides institutions with trusted access and storage for DeFi tokens

By Sonia Pinto, Senior Product Marketing Manager and Alexis Hamel, Product Manager, CustodyCoinbase Prime offers custody and trading for more than 50 DeFi coins and tokens, across a wide range of segments, including DEXs, lend, and borrow.We facilitate governance for a growing number of tokens including UNI, COMP, and MKR. This gives our customers the opportunity to directly participate in the governance of DeFi projects.Asset managers, like Grayscale and Bitwise, are increasingly stepping into

Ventures’ Takeaways from ETH Denver

The last time ETH Denver was held in person, ETH’s market cap stood at $30B, DeFi hadn’t had its breakout summer, and few people outside of the 6,000 attendees knew what an NFT was. Fast forward to 2022 and a 10x in ETH’s market cap, the rise of NFTs, a DAO resurgence, and a year where Ethereum did more transactional volume than Visa, a record crowd of 12,000 in Colorado were met with an entirely different energy.What had historically been an event for hackers and coders received an infusion of

Coinbase Exchange fee updates — March 2022

Coinbase Exchange fee updates — March 2022On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, Coinbase Exchange will implement a new fee structure designed to increase the depth and liquidity of our markets while simplifying our fee models.In order to respond to client needs, Coinbase periodically updates pricing. All fee updates are shared prior to being implemented.These latest updates help align maker discounting across our entire fee table and encourages passive orders amongst users in the lowest tiers. In addition,

WEFUZZ, a fully decentralized, crowdsourced security audit and bug bounty solution

This report updates on what WEFUZZ, Coinbase Crypto Community Fund grant recipient, has been working on over the first part of their year-long Crypto development grant. This specifically covers their work on a decentralized, crowdsourced security audit and bug bounty solution.By WEFUZZ, Coinbase Crypto Community Fund grant recipientIntroductionWEFUZZ implements a fully decentralized, crowdsourced security audit and bug bounty solution: a set of smart contracts that allow developers and companies

Explore web3 confidently with Coinbase Wallet and Ledger

By Adam Zadikoff, Senior Product ManagerSince launching the Coinbase Wallet browser extension as a standalone self-custody option in November, we’ve seen incredible adoption. Wallet extension makes it even easier to explore web3 by bringing the world of decentralized apps (dapps) to more devices. Today, we’re adding support for Ledger hardware wallets to Coinbase Wallet extension, providing an additional layer of security and greater peace of mind for our users.Ledger is an industry leader in ha

Retrospective: Recent Coinbase Bug Bounty Award

At Coinbase, our number one priority is ensuring that we uphold our security commitments to our customers. On February 11, 2022, we received a report from a third-party researcher indicating that they had uncovered a flaw in Coinbase’s trading interface. We promptly mobilized our security incident response team to identify and patch the bug, and resolved the underlying system issue without any impact to customer funds.This blog post provides a deeper look into the timeline of events surrounding

Introducing the Travel Rule Universal Solution Technology (“TRUST”)

Coinbase is proud to announce the launch of the Travel Rule Universal Solution Technology (TRUST), an industry-driven solution designed to comply with a requirement known as the Travel Rule while protecting the security and privacy of our customers. TRUST is a platform that allows cryptocurrency exchanges to securely send information legally required by the Travel Rule. The solution is named TRUST because that’s what we seek to instill in our customers when they use our products and services.The

There’s now a cheaper, easier way for your friends and family in Mexico to cash out the crypto you…

There’s now a cheaper, easier way for your friends and family in Mexico to cash out the crypto you send themBy Shilpa Dhar, VP of Product, and Moheeth Alvi, Lead Product Manager, PaymentsIntroducing an instant, convenient way for your friends and family in Mexico to cash out the crypto you send them.Initially, recipients in Mexico will be able to cash out crypto in local currency at over 37,000 locations across the country, or save the crypto they’ve received in their Coinbase account.In 2020, i

Lighting Up The Map: How Coinbase Plans To Scale Globally

By Nana Murugesan, VP, International and Business DevelopmentCoinbase will adopt a go broad and go deep approach to scale globally in order to further its mission of bringing more economic freedom to each and every individual and business around the world. Leadership roles are now open across the globe to build our international presence.Go Broad: launch foundational products that are a gateway to Web3 and crypto in every country*Go Deep: launch localized infrastructure and public facing product

Coinbase plans to add 2,000 employees across Product, Engineering and Design in 2022

By L.J. Brock, Chief People OfficerAt Coinbase we have an ambitious mission to increase economic freedom in the world. If we’re going to execute against the opportunity in front of us, we’re going to need more help to scale our existing products, and build new ones. In 2022, we plan to add up to 2,000 employees across our Product, Engineering, and Design teams.We see enormous product opportunities ahead for the future of Web3. We believe our industry is in its infancy and that building onramps f

Everyone Wins at Super Bowl LVI — WAGMI!

Everyone Wins at Super Bowl LVI — WAGMI!Coinbase’s first Super Bowl spot invites everyone to experience the cryptoeconomy first hand. CMO Kate Rouch shares why she’s excited about the company’s goal of introducing a billion people to the cryptoeconomy and the power of community.COINBASE: This year’s Super Bowl is being dubbed the “Crypto Bowl” given the number of ads from crypto companies. What does this mean for the crypto industry?KATE: There have been a lot of comparisons to the dot.com era a

Coinbase Prime empowers OneRiver to deliver separately managed account strategies for investment…

Coinbase Prime empowers OneRiver to deliver separately managed account strategies for investment advisorsInvestors are increasingly demanding high-quality, diversified exposure to digital investment strategies. And to meet those expectations, institutions must quickly move along the adoption curve, armed with sophisticated tools and trading capabilities. Coinbase Prime continues to meet the unique goals of institutional investors in navigating this complex market now and in the future, iterating

2022 Developer Grants Call for Applications

By: Trent Fuenmayor, Program Manager, Coinbase GivingCoinbase’s mission is to increase economic freedom in the world through the crypto-economy. To achieve this, it is essential to develop common infrastructure that is transparent, safe, secure, and benefits all participants. The open source community has provided critical support for Crypto development, with some support from donations from industry organizations and academic institutions. Our goal is to similarly support developers who are com

BarnBridge (BOND) and Livepeer (LPT) are now available on Coinbase

Starting today, BarnBridge (BOND) and Livepeer (LPT) are available on Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase customers can now trade, send, receive, or store BOND and LPT in most Coinbase-supported regions, with the exception of Singapore. Trading for these assets is also supported on Coinbase Pro.BarnBridge (BOND) BOND is an Ethereum token that governs BarnBridge, a protocol that enables users to hedge against DeFi yield sensitivity and price volatility. Its first appli

BarnBridge (BOND), Livepeer (LPT) and Quant (QNT) are now available on Coinbase

UPDATED to include Quant (QNT) as of June 24 at 3:34 p.m. PTStarting today, BarnBridge (BOND), Livepeer (LPT) and Quant (QNT) are available on Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase customers can now trade, send, receive, or store BOND, LPT, and QNT in most Coinbase-supported regions, with the exception of Singapore. Trading for these assets is also supported on Coinbase Pro.BarnBridge (BOND) BOND is an Ethereum token that governs BarnBridge, a protocol that enables user

BarnBridge (BOND), Livepeer (LPT) and Quant (QNT) are launching on Coinbase Pro

Starting Today,Wednesday June 23, transfer BOND, LPT & QNT into your Coinbase Pro account ahead of trading. Support for BOND, LPT & QNT will generally be available in Coinbase’s supported jurisdictions with the exception of Singapore. Trading will begin on or after 9AM Pacific Time (PT) Thursday June 24, if liquidity conditions are met.One of the most common requests we receive from customers is to be able to trade more assets on our platform. Per the terms of our listing process, we anticipate

Introducing Solidify — a tool to automatically detect and classify smart contract security risks

Introducing Solidify — a tool to automatically detect and classify smart contract security risksBy Peter Kacherginsky, Principal Blockchain Security EngineerWhen our blockchain security team started doing a few smart contract security reviews in 2018, we had no idea that we would be doing hundreds of reviews in 2021.To grow the open financial system, Coinbase is committed to expanding its list of supported cryptocurrencies. Recently, we launched the Asset Hub to streamline our diligence process

Solana (SOL), Chiliz (CHZ) and Keep Network (KEEP) are now available on Coinbase

Starting today, Solana (SOL), Chiliz (CHZ), and Keep Network (KEEP) are available on Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase customers can now trade, send, receive, or store SOL, CHZ, and KEEP in most Coinbase-supported regions, with the exceptions of CHZ and KEEP in Singapore as well as CHZ in New York State. Trading for these assets is also supported on Coinbase Pro.Solana (SOL) Solana is a decentralized computing platform that uses SOL to pay for transactions. Solana a

Polkadot (DOT) is now available on Coinbase

Starting today, Polkadot (DOT) is available on Coinbase.com and in the Coinbase Android and iOS apps. Coinbase customers can now trade, send, receive, or store DOT in Coinbase-supported regions, with the exception of Singapore. Trading for this asset is also supported on Coinbase Pro .Polkadot (DOT) is a protocol that enables cross-blockchain transfers of any type of data or asset. By uniting multiple blockchains, Polkadot aims to achieve high degrees of security and scalability. DOT serves as t