Coinbase Is Dominating a Key Bitcoin ETF Service. Can Anyone Else Join the Race?

The race to provide a key bit of infrastructure for bitcoin [BTC] ETFs – custody services – hasn't actually been much of a race so far. Crypto exchange Coinbase has dominated so far, winning the job from the majority of applications from the likes of BlackRock, WisdomTree and Valkyrie.

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Crypto Biz: PayPal rolls out crypto ramps, Franklin Templeton joins BTC ETF race, and more

This week’s Crypto Biz looks at PayPal’s crypto gateway, Franklin Templeton’s BTC ETF filing, Coinbase’s Lightning Network integration, and Meta’s plans for a new AI model.

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Hashdex joins race for spot Bitcoin ETF with unique strategy

Hashdex’s approach differs from recent filings as it won’t depend on the Coinbase surveillance sharing agreement, opting to acquire spot Bitcoin from physical exchanges within the CME market.

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Spot Bitcoin ETF Race Continues as Valkyrie Files with Coinbase

Valkyrie Funds, a venture capital fund, has joined the increasing ranks of companies striving to launch a spot Bitcoin ETF, marking a significant development in the crypto space. The firm...

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Coinbase Unveils Its Own Ethereum Layer 2 Solution Called ‘Base’; Unrelated BASE Token Pumps 300%

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China Will Knock Out The U.S. In The Race For Crypto Adoption, Coinbase Co-Founder Asserts

China, which has long dominated other countries in Bitcoin mining power and adoption, but has also recently clamped down hard on bitcoin miners, is now being touted as the country that will likely beat the U.

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Coinbase at Center of Gender and Race Discrimination: Underpays Women and Black Employees

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New York Times Pans Coinbase’s Race Policies

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Bitcoin Exchanges Binance, Coinbase, and FTX Emerging as Crypto’s “Apex Predators”

Cryptocurrency exchanges have been on a spree of acquisitions, helping them widen the scope of products they offer. Exchanges must, however, continue to aggressively expand to preevent powerful financial institutions from joining the exchange race.

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Blockchain Bites: Coinbase’s Untraditional Investor Day and the Ethereum-EOS Arms Race in Latin America

Coinbase will host its first investor day while a protocol arms race unfolds in Latin America.

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Coinbase and Kraken led the expansion race in 2019

Becoming all-inclusive is a new trend in the cryptocurrency industry. Exchanges are now looking at including more and more services under their coffers, for which they are filling up their shopping baThe post Coinbase and Kraken led the expansion race in 2019 appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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Revolut and Mastercard Crack US Market After Coinbase and Visa Settled on UK

The race to make crypto as easy as a swipe of a card in the U. S. could be won by Revolut and Mastercard after the crypto-friendly fintech start-up launched its first debit card. This foot in the U.

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Korea’s Largest Bank KB Kookmin Enters the Digital Asset Custody Race

The race for Digital Asset Custody is heating up and South Korea's largest bank KB Kookmin is the latest to compete with Coinbase and Fidelity Investment. The post Korea’s Largest Bank KB Kookmin Enters the Digital Asset Custody Race appeared first on Ethereum World News.

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Slow but steady wins the race: Coinbase to add batched Bitcoin transactions

The recent spike in bitcoin prices and the skyrocketing number of daily outputs has had a direct impact on the transaction fees and the congestion of the mempool. Despite the different solutions that have been implemented to address these issues, some of the most important cryptocurrency exchanges in the industry have failed to implement them.

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Crypto News Weekly 02.11.18: Crypto Space Race, Coinbase Raises $300M, Oyster Exit Scam, Bitcoin Trader Faces 5 Years in Jail

Coinbase raises $ 300m for future expansion, Crypto’s race into space heats up, Oyster fraud leaves project in chaos & American Bitcoin trader faces 5-year jail sentence.

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Coinbase Lists Ethereum-Based USDC, Circle Pulls Ahead In Stablecoin Race

Coinbase Lists Circle-Backed Stablecoin After weeks of uncertainty regarding the financial security and future of the Tether (USDT) stablecoin project, an amassment of prominent crypto-centric startups released their own stablecoins, which are a form of cryptocurrency that is directly tied to the value of a non-blockchain-based asset.

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Coinbase Just Added Its First Stablecoin

Coinbase is integrating its first stablecoin, joining other top exchanges in what has become a listing race to add Tether’s rising competitors. As detailed in an October 23, 2018, blog post, Coinbase has added support for Circle’s USD Coin (USDC).

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Morgan Stanley Eyes Bitcoin Swap Contracts Tied to Futures Prices

Morgan Stanley is joining Wall Street’s race toward an institutional-friendly bitcoin derivative. According to anonymous sources reporting to Bloomberg, the financial institution is devising price return swaps tied to bitcoin.

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Coinbase Joins the ETF Race

Coinbase has apparently been in talks with the world’s biggest asset manager, BlackRock, to ask for advice on launching a crypto Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) according to the unnamed sources. .

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Coinbase Eyes ETF With Help From BlackRock: Business Insider Report

In an effort to expand its institutional services, Coinbase is joining an industry chase for the ever-elusive bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF). As reported by Business Insider, the cryptocurrency exchange provider has been liaising with BlackRock, a U.

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IBM, Capital One and Coinbase Are the Latest to File Blockchain Patents

The blockchain arms race has continued to gather pace as titans in the finance and technology industries strive to stay ahead of their competition by developing cutting-edge blockchain solutions. The latest companies to apply for blockchain patents are technology powerhouse IBM; the leading US crypto exchange, Coinbase; and financial services company Capital One. IBM’s patent […]

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Facebook Approves Coinbase Ads As CEO Gets Listed On Top 40 Under 40

After Facebook lifted its ban on cryptocurrencies, it was just a matter of time before the first crypto-related company got approval to place its Ad on the popular social network platform. The first company to enjoy this privilege wasl nonother than the leading crypto exchange in the U.

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Uphold to Acquire JNK Securities, Opening Door for US-Regulated ICO Trading

It seems that a race to take over US-licensed brokerages has begun among crypto companies. Soon after Coinbase revealed it is buying up a securities firm, Uphold has now followed the move with its own acquisition.

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