TradeSanta describes itself as an automated trading platform designed to make crypto trading accessible to everyone. Its powerful, but easy-to-use interface, enables traders of all experience levels to benefit from deploying trading bots on their behalf. The platform has Bitcoin, Ethereum, and over a hundred other trading bots already operational on exchanges like Binance, Huobi, OKEX, HitBTC, Binance U.S., and most recently, Coinbase Pro. TradeSanta anticipates that the integration with Coinbase Pro will expand its user base to include some of the exchange’s 56 million traders. “TradeSanta’s bots take automated trading one step further. Thousands of traders already rely on …

USD Coin (USDC), Circle’s dollar-pegged stablecoin, seemingly lost one of its biggest competitive advantages over its main rival, Tether (USDT). Major crypto exchange Coinbase made an important change on the USD Coin page on its website following an audit that revealed that not all of USDC’s reserves were held in cash. This ran contrary to the previous statement that “each USDC is backed by one U.S. dollar held in a bank account.” Coinbase visitors are now greeted with a statement that says USDC is “backed by fully reserved assets” when they enter the USD Coin webpage. This new claim states: …

Coinbase generated $2.23 billion of revenue for the second quarter of 2021, as Ether (ETH) trading volume surpassed Bitcoin’s (BTC) for the first time on the platform. Coinbase posted its Q2 report on Tuesday, and the crypto exchange’s revenue beat analyst predictions — with industry-standard financial estimators Refinitiv forecasting $1.78 billion in expected revenue for the firm. Coinbase’s earnings per share came in at $3.45, compared to estimates of $2.33. The trading platform posted a net profit of $1.6 billion in Q2, a whopping increase of 4,900% compared to the $32 million recorded in the same period in 2020. For …

Tuesday started with a bang after Poly Network was hacked for $610 million in funds in what appears to be the worst hack in the history of decentralized finance, and the price of Bitcoin (BTC) dropped by 2% to trade near $45,000. Despite the severity of the hack, most altcoins are holding on to their recent gains, and those that have registered small losses line up with the pullback in Bitcoin’s price. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the biggest gainers over the past 24-hours were IoTeX (IOTX), Rally (RLY) and Axie Infinity (AXS). Coinbase listing boosts …

Brett Redfearn, the former director of the division of trading and markets at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has reportedly left his position at Coinbase after less than five months. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Redfearn resigned as the head of Coinbase’s capital-markets group at the end of July. People familiar with the matter claimed his departure was due to the crypto exchange shifting its priorities away from digital asset securities. During his time at Coinbase, Redfearn was responsible for the crypto exchange’s strategy for crypto capital markets, including digital asset securities. The U.S.-based crypto …

Coinbase Custody, the crypto custodial solution offered by United States exchange giant Coinbase, has been chosen by Deutsche Telekom to store its Celo tokens. According to a release issued on Monday, the telecoms giant identified the robust security protocols offered by Coinbase Custody as a major reason for choosing the service. Deutsche Telekom invested in Celo back in April, becoming the first telecom member of the Celo Alliance for Prosperity. Apart from making a “significant purchase” of Celo tokens, Deutsche Telekom’s T-Systems MMS subsidiary also became a validator on the mobile decentralized finance Celo network. As previously reported by Cointelegraph, …

It’s no secret that Coinbase has played an instrumental role in bringing new users into the crypto space. Coinbase’s friendly onboarding process and status as a publicly traded company allow it to appear as a more traditional investment platform to non-crypto savvy investors, leading to greater trust. However, it seems almost weekly that another article hits the internet about Coinbase and its excessive fees for retail and professional traders and investors. The gripe generally unfolds with a comparison of pricing between a couple of different exchanges. With increased competition, the pressure for Coinbase and exchanges around the world to lower …

The overall feel across the cryptocurrency landscape over the past week has been one of bubbling anticipation, with the Ethereum network finally undergoing its London hard fork, which includes reforms to the transaction fee market, thanks to EIP-1559. London is the latest in a series of upgrades that are part of Ethereum’s measured transition from its original proof-of-work consensus model to a proof-of-stake model dubbed Ethereum 2.0. On Eth2, tokenholders who hold at least 32 Ether (ETH) can operate a validator node and verify transactions on the network. With the current price of Ether trading near $2,700, that puts the …

Crypto exchange Coinbase announced on Thursday that users can now use Apple Pay to purchase crypto assets on its platform, with Google Pay integration to follow. “Today, we’re introducing new and seamless ways to enable crypto buys with linked debit cards to Apple Pay and Google Pay, and instant cashouts up to $100,000 per transaction available 24/7,” said a Coinbase blog post on Thursday. “If you already have a Visa or Mastercard debit card linked in your Apple Wallet, Apple Pay will automatically appear as a payment method when you’re buying crypto with Coinbase on an Apple Pay-supported iOS device …

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is the latest crypto figure to come out against the wording of the proposed changes to cryptocurrency taxation in the United States. Tweeting on Wednesday, Armstrong stated that the provisions included in the crypto taxation proposal could have a “profound negative impact” on the U.S. crypto space and could force digital innovation to move overseas. As previously reported by Cointelegraph, amendments to crypto taxation rules were a last-minute addition to the $1-trillion infrastructure deal currently before the United States Senate. The Coinbase CEO, like many other opponents of the proposal, faulted the broad language of the …

Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase continues its buying spree by acquiring cryptocurrency aggregator service Zabo. According to a Wednesday announcement, Coinbase has started the process of acquiring Zabo, a Dallas-based cryptocurrency startup providing data integration services with major crypto exchanges and wallets, including Coinbase’s rival Kraken. A spokesperson for Zabo told Cointelegraph that the firm is not disclosing terms of the deal, but expects to close later this month. Founded in 2018, Zabo is building technology to connect cryptocurrency accounts from various exchanges and wallets to unify their crypto holdings in pre-formatted, standardized data via an application programming interface (API). Specifically, …

Payments in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) make up one of the biggest use case demands among consumers alongside long-term investment, according to new data. Pymnts, a major payments-focused publication, released Monday a report on consumer preferences regarding cryptocurrency payments. Dubbed “Cryptocurrency Payments Playbook: Cryptocurrencies Gain Momentum As A Payment Option,” the study analyzes a survey of over 8,000 consumers in the United States, including existing and former crypto holders, as well as crypto non-owners. Conducted in collaboration with crypto payment firm BitPay, the study found that crypto holders and non-owners are interested in crypto payments. As many as 93% of …