The scheduled delisting of Coinbase shares from the German Deutsche Boerse stock exchange appears to have been averted. The platform announced on Wednesday that Coinbase would be removed from the Xetra and Frankfurt stock exchanges this week after it was discovered the cryptocurrency exchange had not submitted proper reference data for its shares. The removal date was originally scheduled for Friday at the close of the day’s trading session. The Legal Entity Identifier, or LEI, code is a prerequisite for firms conducting financial transactions within the country. The stock exchange operator did state that the mix-up came down to an …

Coinbase, a major cryptocurrency exchange that went public on Nasdaq earlier this month, continues to actively expand in India with a new hire. The cryptocurrency exchange has hired Pankaj Gupta, a former Google Pay engineering lead in India and Asia Pacific, as the vice president of engineering and site lead for India. Announcing the news on Tuesday, Gupta said that he will be responsible for “leading and building from scratch the company’s technology hub in India.” He also noted that Coinbase has started hiring in India, posting several job applications. Coinbase officially announced plans to establish a business presence in …

Cryptocurrency exchange Binance’s latest product — digital stock tokens representing fractions of equity shares like Tesla and Coinbase — is reportedly being studied by European and British regulators over its possible non-compliance with securities laws. A new report from the Financial Times claims that regulators are concerned the tokens may not provide sufficiently transparent corporate disclosures, specifically an investment prospectus, that would be required if the tokens were judged to be securities. Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, or BaFin, told FT reporters that while it could not comment on the case specifically: “Fundamentally [...] the following applies: if tokens are …

United States cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced a new project aimed at increasing innovation in the nascent blockchain industry. Project 10 Percent will see Coinbase divert 10% of its resources to supporting innovative ideas within the company. The project aligns with the exchange’s philosophy that “70% of our time should be focused on core work, 20% on strategic bets, and 10% on innovative experimentation,” the company said Wednesday. The project is being rolled out internally by asking Coinbase employees to complete a two-page submission about their potential ideas, followed by a pitch-off style event every year. Projects are considered “disruptive …

The Deutsche Boerse Group has said it will delist Coinbase's stock listing on its Xetra digital stock exchange as well as the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. According to Reuters, Deutsche Boerse said it would delist Coinbase Global from the two exchanges due to "missing reference data" for the shares. The group said someone involved in listing the Coinbase shares used an incorrect Legal Entity Identifier, or LEI, code. The code is a regulatory requirement for any companies participating in financial transactions. Unless Coinbase or Deutsche Boerse takes action, the stock will no longer be listed on Xetra or the Frankfurt Stock …

April 14 was considered by many crypto enthusiasts all over the world as a watershed moment for the digital asset industry, as it marked the day when Coinbase, one of the largest crypto trading platforms in the world, made its debut on Nasdaq via a direct listing. As one can imagine, the lead up to the moment was replete with a market-wide surge, with Bitcoin (BTC) scaling up to a price point of $64,800 a day before the listing went live. In the run-up to Coinbase’s Nasdaq debut, COIN’s reference price was set at just $250, with all of the …

A lot of hype was built up before the Coinbase listing on the Nasdaq on April 14 and several cryptocurrencies rallied in the run-up to the event. However, traders usually buy the rumor and sell the news. In this case, they bought until the event, and then several investors seem to have booked profits aggressively. This resulted in a correction in several major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC). In the run-up to the Coinbase listing, several exchange tokens rallied as traders bid up their price in relation to Coinbase's $100 billion valuation. Now that COIN has been trading on Nasdaq for …

Aleo, a privacy-focused blockchain, has secured $28 million in investments to bring its zero-knowledge applications to a wider market. California-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz led the private investment round. Notable contributions also came from Coinbase Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Variant Fund, Polychain Capital and the Joseph Lubin-led Ethereal Ventures, among others. Described as the “first platform for fully private applications,” Aleo uses a cryptography technique called zero-knowledge proofs to achieve scalability, privacy and interoperability for off-chain transactions. Perhaps the most notable blockchain use case for zero-knowledge proofs is Zcash (ZEC), a privacy-focused cryptocurrency that rose to prominence for its special …

Less than one week after the largest crypto exchange in the U.S. was listed, Nasdaq is set to start trading options for Coinbase Global. According to an April 19 Reuters report, a representative for Coinbase stated that the COIN.O options will start trading on Nasdaq on Tuesday, April 20. The launch of equity options will offer a new way for investors to bet on the fortunes of Coinbase. Equity options represent the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a stock at a certain price, known as the strike price, on or before an expiration date. The news …

Bitcoin (BTC) price witnessed a sharp dump to $50,900 on April 18, which some analysts attribute to a drop in hash rate and rumors of possible action by United States regulators against unnamed “financial institutions” alleging crypto-related money laundering. While it is difficult to pinpoint a single reason, the sale of roughly $5 billion worth of COIN stock by Coinbase executives could have also played a major role in the fall. Insider selling, especially just a few days after a high-profile listing is considered a bearish sign. After this most recent pullback, investors will be on the fence on whether …

Insider activity reports for Coinbase’s COIN stock indicate that multiple early investors and executives sold billions in equity shortly after COIN’s direct listing. While the filings initially indicated that multiple executives sold a high percentage of their stake in the company, a representative for Coinbase told Cointelegraph that the sellers maintain strong ownership positions. Data from Capital Market Laboratories and confirmed by filings on Coinbase’s Investor Relations website shows a total of 12,965,079 shares were sold by insiders, worth over $4.6 billion at COIN’s $344.38 per share Friday close. Notable transactions include Coinbase CFO Alesia Haas selling some 255,500 shares …

The cryptocurrency markets experienced a monumental green wave this week. Bitcoin and Ether calmly made new all-time highs on the back of Coinbase’s direct listing and the Berlin hard fork. Meanwhile, meme-cryptocurrency Dogecoin blasted off to more than 400% gains, briefly claiming a spot as a top 5 cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Despite the media hype and market movements of this week, PlanB showed Bitcoin still isn’t as overbought as it was at the peaks of the 2017, 2013, and 2011 bull cycles. He calculated that if Bitcoin were to reach those levels by April's end, its price would clear …