Coinbase's Olaf Carlson-Wee Answers Questions on Users' Technical Issues
It is perhaps an understatement to say that many of Coinbase's users have been having technical issues of all sorts over the course of the last few months. From having orders canceled to not properly receiving Bitcoin purchases. There's been a slew of issues, and technical support seemingly nobody could rely on. I have seen a number of different terms for Coinbase's operation on the web, many of which suggest the San Francisco-based company is a scam for failing to reply to user inquires rapidly. The truth is, however, Coinbase is getting swamped with questions and reports of issues daily.....
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Great news, Coinbase users. An open-source variant of the Coinbase app for iOS is now available from Apple's App Store - just over seven months after the official application was mysteriously pulled by Apple. The app is using the Coinbase API to make a connection to the service, but before you begin worrying, both Olaf Carlson-Wee and another staff member chimed into a Reddit thread noting that the app is the real deal, though it hasn't been officially released by Coinbase themselves. "We are happy to see this community effort based on our open API! We have reached out to the developer to....
A new company called Polychain Capital has raised $10 million in capital for a hedge fund made up of cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin. The business, led by former Coinbase employee Olaf Carlson-Wee, believes investors can gain significant returns by investing in digital assets. Former Coinbase Employee Creates Cryptocurrency Hedge Fund Polychain. Olaf....
Olaf Carlson-Wee, the first employee at venture-backed bitcoin exchange Coinbase, has departed as head of risk and product manager to focus on a new digital currency hedge fund, dubbed Polychain Capital. While the firm does not yet have investors or even its own website, Carlson-Wee believes that his vision for Polychain Capital will be enough to turn it into one that generates significant returns for those who invest, given that the fund plans to invest solely in cryptocurrencies and other blockchain-based tokens. In interview, Carlson-Wee asserted that, owing to the poor returns shown by....
A few days ago Forbes ran a story about Olaf Carlson-Wee who has lived for three years using only bitcoin as currency. The 26 year-old works for bitcoin start-up Coinbase, so he obviously has a personal investment in proving the viability of bitcoin as a currency; even so it’s an impressive achievement. Carlson-Wee began his journey before bitcoin began to achieve its “trendy” image, and if he can do it then it’s certainly achievable for others, and likely to become more so with the introduction of products like the Shift debit card which was released by Coinbase. Having said all of that....
A startup that specializes in the trading of blockchain-based assets has raised a $10m fund backed by Andreessen Horowitz (A16z), Boost VC and Union Square Ventures (USV), among other undisclosed investors. Led by Coinbase veteran Olaf Carlson-Wee, Polychain Capital intends to invest in so-called "protocol tokens" or alternative assets that like bitcoin, have both an underlying protocol and a tradeable asset that manages access to a digital ledger or application. In conversation with CoinDesk, Carlson-Wee described the fund as one that would seek to offer investors exposure to an....