How Secure is the Bitcoin Wallet Coinbase?
Coinbase is one of the world's most popular bitcoin wallet touting an impressive 2.1 million users since its short inception in June, 2012. Their face paced growth has made it the target of proponents, critics, and now, cyber criminals. A suspicious email has recently been sent to an unknown number of Coinbase users, advertising an investment product with a guaranteed return of 150%. The emails were sent with the subject line, "We've got a message for You." The contents of the email are riddled with grammatical and syntax errors, an early warning sign that it may be fraudulent. As the....
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Coinbase users once again have a bitcoin wallet available on the Apple App Store, following the computing giant's relaxation of rules over the inclusion of digital currencies on the platform. Surprisingly, though, the app was not developed by Coinbase, but is the work of Andrew Vilcsak - an AirBnB developer and bitcoin enthusiast. However, Coinbase has given Vilcsak's app the thumbs up in a tweet:. Great to see this community contributed app! We reached out to the dev to review the code and believe it is secure. https://t.co/hPZVSr7GOI. - Coinbase (@coinbase) June 20, 2014. No bells and....
Interesting days are ahead for Bitcoin enthusiasts in the United Kingdom. Despite the difficulties Bitcoin businesses face when trying to secure UK banking partnerships, Coinbase has managed to expand its operations to the country. UK residents will also be able to buy, sell and trade bitcoin on the Coinbase Exchange. United Kingdom residents will now be able to use Coinbase Wallet in order to send, receive and store their digital currency wealth. However, Coinbase Wallet includes an additional feature that most people don’t know about. The wallet also allows anyone to accept Bitcoin....
The Bitcoin wallet space just got another heavyweight contender. The one who intends to spar with the likes of Blockchain and Coinbase while keeping an eye out on those like Xapo and Circle who are in a slightly lower weight class than the former. The Amsterdam based BlockTrail has recently launched its new multiplatform, multisignature secure bitcoin wallet. The BlockTrail wallet is available for Android, iOS and web users at the moment. According to the company, BlockTrail's wallet is more secure than most of the existing alternatives as it comes implemented with multisignature and HD....
The publicly-listed crypto-asset exchange Coinbase has announced the company has acquired the Israeli firm Unbound Security. The announcement follows Coinbase acquiring the cryptocurrency wallet BRD last week and the Unbound acquisition is aimed at the company’s “commitment to providing the safest, most secure, and most trusted venue for anyone to interact with the [crypto economy].”
Coinbase Acquires Israeli Company Unbound Security
Ever since Coinbase (Nasdaq: COIN) was publicly listed, the company has acquired a number of smaller companies. Prior to the....
“Nothing will change in the BRD wallet app and as always, your funds are safe and secure,” said BRD CEO Adam Traidman and co-founder Aaron Voisine. Crypto wallet provider BRD said “nothing will change” for users following an acquisition from major U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase.In a Wednesday letter to BRD users, CEO Adam Traidman and co-founder Aaron Voisine said some of the company’s team members would be moving to Coinbase to continue working on crypto wallets. Coinbase Wallet said on Twitter that the addition of the BRD team would “help accelerate web3 adoption” as well as provide “deep....