Coinbase is continuing its push to suck up talent after the $8 billion-valued crypto business snapped up Blockspring, a San Francisco-based startup that enables developers to collect and process data from APIs. The undisclosed deal was announced by Blockspring on its blog, and confirmed to TechCrunch by a Coinbase representative. Coinbase declined to comment further. […]
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Union Square Ventures secures $429M across two new funds
USV co-founder Fred Wilson expect U.S. venture capitalists will “take a more cautious stance in 2019.”
View More Union Square Ventures secures $429M across two new fundsCap table management tool Carta valued at $800M with new funding
Carta, formerly known as eShares, has raised $80 million from Meritech and Tribe Capital.
View More Cap table management tool Carta valued at $800M with new fundingAs Bitcoin sinks, industry startups are forced to cut back
Bitmain, Huobi, ConsenSys and Steemit are among the cryptocurrency startups to complete layoffs in the last month.
View More As Bitcoin sinks, industry startups are forced to cut backEarnin raises $125M to help workers track and cash out wages in real time
The fintech company has raised the funds from DST Global, Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, Matrix Partners, March Capital Partners, Coatue Management and Ribbit Capital.
View More Earnin raises $125M to help workers track and cash out wages in real timeCoinbase’s Earn.com becomes a crypto webinar with crypto rewards
Coinbase acquired Earn.com for at least $120 million back in April. And the company now plans to transform Earn.com into Coinbase Earn, a website with educational content to learn more about cryptocurrencies. Users who complete those classes will earn tokens. Coinbase bought Earn.com partly so that it could appoint Earn.com co-founder and CEO Balaji Srinivasan […]
View More Coinbase’s Earn.com becomes a crypto webinar with crypto rewardsCoinbase lets you convert one cryptocurrency into another
It’s hard to believe that you still had to convert your BTC into USD in order to buy ETH on Coinbase. The company is finally adding direct cryptocurrency-to-cryptocurrency conversions. The feature works with Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Litecoin (LTC), 0x (ZRX) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). It is only available to U.S. customers […]
View More Coinbase lets you convert one cryptocurrency into anotherFintech startup Plaid raises $250M at a $2.65B valuation
Mary Meeker, the author of the Internet Trends report, has led the round for Plaid via Kleiner Perkin’s growth fund.
View More Fintech startup Plaid raises $250M at a $2.65B valuationCoinbase abandons its cautious approach with plan to list up to 30 new cryptocurrencies
Coinbase is the most conservative exchange in cryptoland, largely because it operates in the U.S. under the watchful eye of the SEC. The $8 billion-valued company trades fewer than ten cryptocurrencies to consumers but on Friday announced it announced a major expansion that could see it list up to 30 new tokens. The company said it is […]
View More Coinbase abandons its cautious approach with plan to list up to 30 new cryptocurrenciesCoinbase Bundle performance tracker reveals the sad state of the crypto market
If you bought a lot Bitcoin in 2011, you’d be rich now.
But if you bought Bitcoin a year ago, or even a month ago…well, let’s just say your portfolio would be a pretty sad sight.
Which is why it’s funny that cryptocurrency exchange Coin…
Robinhood hires CapitalG partner to lead operations
Robinhood’s human resources department is keeping busy this month, announcing this morning that the zero-fee stock trading app and cryptocurrency exchange has hired CapitalG partner Gretchen Howard.
View More Robinhood hires CapitalG partner to lead operationsCoinbase and others invest $12.75M in project to create ‘digital security offerings’
Coinbase, the $8 billion crypto exchange giant, is one of a bevy of big-name crypto investors backing a project aimed to revolutionize the U.S. securities industry using blockchain technology. Brian Armstrong, Coinbase CEO, told the audience at TechCrunch’s Disrupt event in San Francisco this past September that his company intends to be the de facto marketplace […]
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