Was the Coinbase listing bitcoin and crypto’s coming of age? TiM podcast

We publish our podcast every Friday to the player on This is Money, above, and on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) and on the podcast platforms Audioboom and Acast, both of which allow you to listen on desktop, mobile, or download an app. We also now publish to Spotify. To download the Apple Podcasts app if you … Read more

Coinbase value tops £80bn on its New York stock market debut

Digital currency exchange Coinbase value tops £80bn on its New York stock market debut By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:27 BST, 14 April 2021 | Updated: 22:38 BST, 14 April 2021 Digital currency exchange Coinbase saw its value top £80billion on its stock market debut in New York last night. In one … Read more

Coinbase is here: A digital currency exchange goes public

The chief executive of crypto exchange Coinbase who became a multibillionaire on Wednesday after the company’s much-anticipated IPO started the firm from a two-bedroom apartment in San Francisco when bitcoin was worth $6.  Shares of Coinbase are listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker ‘COIN,’ and were trading around $376 after about 40 minutes of … Read more

What UK investors need to know about the Coinbase IPO

Even by recent stock market standards there’s a serious hullabaloo surrounding the Coinbase IPO today – and with trading US shares proving increasingly popular, some British investors will be considering buying in. Coinbase is expected to sail near a $100billion valuation with its direct listing and stock exchange Nasdaq has set its reference price at … Read more

What UK investors need to know about the Coinbase IPO

Even by recent stock market standards there’s a serious hullabaloo surrounding the Coinbase IPO today – and with trading US shares proving increasingly popular, some British investors will be considering buying in. Coinbase is expected to sail near a $100billion valuation with its direct listing and stock exchange Nasdaq has set its reference price at … Read more

The Coinbase IPO is a landmark meeting between traditional finance and crypto

Coinbase’s IPO is a landmark meeting between traditional finance and its new blockchain based rival: Is it the best of both worlds or an unholy union? asks ALEX SEBASTIAN By Alex Sebastian for This is Money Published: 14:41 BST, 13 April 2021 | Updated: 14:41 BST, 13 April 2021 Coinbase is many people’s first point … Read more

Coinbase one step closer to going public on US stock exchange

Cryptocurrency platform Coinbase reveals it pulled in revenues of $1.3bn in 2020 as it lines up stock market float amid Bitcoin boom Coinbase is on a mission to bring about mainstream endorsement of crypto  The listing would come after the price of Bitcoin hit highs of over $58k  By Jane Denton For Thisismoney and Reuters … Read more

Coinbase apologises for letting down users over frozen funds

Coinbase finally apologises for problems which have seen some customers’ funds frozen since October Users of the exchange have had problems contacting the company for months  They have been left unable to access their money or cash in on the bitcoin boom  The company issued a blog post on Friday which said it was expanding … Read more

Coinbase cryptocurrency traders continue to face frozen funds for weeks

Cryptocurrency traders are still struggling to profit from bitcoin’s recent record run as their funds continued to be frozen inside the most popular cryptocurrency exchange for as long as five weeks. Some customers of Coinbase, which lets users buy, sell and store cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and ethereum, continue to be told their accounts are ‘under … Read more

What is diem? New digital currency to launch from Coinbase, Facebook and Uber 

Facebook’s much talked about cryptocurrency launch of libra has been ditched and instead the social media giant is part of a new digital currency named diem. It will be supported by the Diem Association, which consists of 27 members, of which Facebook is one. It is set to launch in January 2021 and there have … Read more