Coinbase Launches Bitcoin Exchange in the UK

Coinbase Launches Bitcoin Exchange in the UK

Coinbase has launched its bitcoin wallet, exchange and merchant services in the UK. The UK is only the second country, after the US, to gain access to the San Francisco-based company's bitcoin trading platform - Coinbase Exchange. Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong said the decision to launch in the UK was partly influenced by his trip to London last year. "The interest in the UK is at a different level than it is elsewhere in Europe. We got the sense that the demand there was really high ... [and] London is a financial capital of the world, so it was a logical next step," he....


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