Coinbase Goes Down as Bitcoin Nears $17K
Coinbase has suffered a number of outages during busy trading periods this year including most recently on Oct. 27.
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Coinbase will soon be doing away with their $0.15 ACH fee charged on all buys and sells. The fifteen cent fee has long been a point of contention and Coinbase is making the move to bear the cost of interfacing with the legacy banking system themselves. In an Ask me Anything Coinbase AMA on Youtube, Coinbase heads Fred Ehrsam and Brian Armstrong have been asking user-generated questions pouring in from several social media founts. Ehrsam explained: Right now we pay miner's fees for our users. It's kind of the same idea. Most people probably don't want to think about them [the fees]. Also....
On September 27, the digital currency firm Coinbase announced that U.S. customers will soon be able to directly deposit their paycheck into their Coinbase accounts. With the new direct deposit feature, Coinbase customers can leverage their funds to make investments, generate yield, or add value to their Coinbase prepaid debit card.
US Coinbase Customers Will Soon Be Able to Use Direct Deposit Feature
Coinbase has come a long way since the firm was created in 2012, and now as a publicly-listed company, the crypto firm offers a myriad of services and is still one of the top....
Bitcoinist reported earlier the rumors of an insider in Amazon confirming the company might be integrating bitcoin on its platform. Following on this news has been the massive run-up of bitcoin price. In the past 24 hours, bitcoin’s price has gone up a whopping 12%. Breaking $39,000 on exchanges like Coinbase. But not quite breaking […]
In a surprise post on Coinbase's blog today, Coinbase revealed that they have "been insured for almost a year." Coinbase insurance was secured through worldwide insurance broker, Aon. Aon has over 60,000 colleagues worldwide and provides services for clients in over 120 countries. That Coinbase is securing insurance from a potentially worldwide network of underwriters is no small fact to look over. Coinbase's insurance policy "covers losses due to breaches in physical or cyber security and employee theft." Pointedly, Coinbase insurance does not help any individuals that lose their bitcoins....