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Finance

Coinbase Resumes Operations After 3-Hour Outage

Some users may still be experiencing a "degraded" service, the exchange said.

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Policy

SEC Rebuts Coinbase's Attempt to Get Appeals Court to Answer Key Crypto Question

The exchange wants an appeal court to rule on whether conventional securities rules apply to crypto. Coinbase hopes they don't.

SEC logo (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Policy

Stand With Crypto Sets Up Election War Chest, Backs Candidates Seeking Open Seats

Stand With Crypto – an advocacy group started by Coinbase last year – will start gathering cash from more than 400,000 members to give to favored congressional candidates.

Stand With Crypto Chief Strategist Nick Carr (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Videos

Coinbase's Blowout First Quarter; Could Hong Kong ETFs See $1B AUM by 2024 End?

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, including the blowout first quarter of Coinbase where the crypto exchange reported net income of $1.2 billion. Plus, Kraken's indices provider predicts that spot ETF products in Hong Kong will reach $1 billion in AUM by the end of 2024. And, Jack Dorsey's Block doubles down on bitcoin.

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Markets

Crypto Exchange Coinbase Had a Blowout First Quarter: Analysts

The business has a number of positive catalysts including its smart wallet, Coinbase Prime, layer-2 network Base and its growing international offering, the analysts said.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong speaks at a political rally hosted by Stand With Crypto. (screenshot from Coinbase video)

Markets

Why Base Chain Has Potential to Lock the Next Generation of Crypto Users

The next era of Web3 will be defined by the ability of projects to attract and retain users, says Kelly Ye of Decentral Park Capital. Coinbase’s Ethereum Layer 2 is showing the way forward.

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Tech

Kraken Releases Own Crypto Wallet, Joining Competition With Coinbase, MetaMask

According to a blog post shared with CoinDesk, the new Kraken Wallet will be the first from a major exchange to be open-sourced.

Screenshot from Kraken's promotional materials for its new wallet (CoinDesk/Kraken)

Finance

Tokenized Credit Platform Centrifuge Plans Institutional RWA Lending on Coinbase's Base, Raises $15M in VC Investment

CFG, the protocol's native token, spiked as much as 14% after the announcement before paring gains and outperformed other DeFi tokens.

Centrifuge is one of the largest blockchain-based credit platform with $270 million of active loans. (Mae Mu/Unsplash)

Policy

Coinbase Seeks to Take Core Question in U.S. SEC Case to Higher Court

The crypto exchange is trying to appeal part of a judge's recent denial of its motion to dismiss, focusing on whether the SEC can treat secondary trades as investment contracts.

Coinbase CEO Brian Amstrong and SEC Chair Gary Gensler