Coinbase opens cryptocurrency exchange today
Today it became known that another exchange, the opening of which will take place in a few hours, claims to be the title of the “first legal regulated exchange of the USA”. Coinbase, a well-known intermediary payment company, recently successfully raised $ 75 million in investments . Today she opens her stock exchange. API is already available for interested developers.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong pleased with the results of the investment round
Coinbase investors include the New York Stock Exchange and the United States Automobile Association. The company provides its services in 19 countries, while in the US it works only in those states where it received official permits. The company plans to expand its presence to 30 countries by the end of the year. In 2014, the company actively and successfully developed; with its help, cryptocurrency began to accept Overstock, Dell, Square, Mozilla and Wikipedia for payment.
Interestingly, the notorious twin brothers Winklevoss on January 22 also announced the imminent opening of their own, one more “first legal exchange in the USA” called Gemini (twins, yeah). These venture investors got their start-up capital of $ 65 million from Facebook (they accused Zuckerberg of stealing their ConnectU social network idea).
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Cameron and Tyler (one of them is on the right, and someone is on the left) decide where else to invest their millions.
I say “one more”, since for more than a year the operating Kraken exchange has positioned itself in the same way. How, by the way, did the notorious in circles devoted to Mt.Gox. In fact, knowledgeable people say that neither the US Securities and Exchange Commission , nor any of the federal services or state administrations issued any licenses to these exchanges. The legal address of Kraken is 548 Market St, SF, exactly the same as that of Coinbase (in fact, this is just the address for forward mail). It turns out that, despite loud statements, crypto-operators are not in a hurry to "get out of the shadows."
In the meantime, bitcoin suddenly won back all its fall in January, and today broke through the psychologically important mark of $ 300.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong pleased with the results of the investment round
Coinbase investors include the New York Stock Exchange and the United States Automobile Association. The company provides its services in 19 countries, while in the US it works only in those states where it received official permits. The company plans to expand its presence to 30 countries by the end of the year. In 2014, the company actively and successfully developed; with its help, cryptocurrency began to accept Overstock, Dell, Square, Mozilla and Wikipedia for payment.
Interestingly, the notorious twin brothers Winklevoss on January 22 also announced the imminent opening of their own, one more “first legal exchange in the USA” called Gemini (twins, yeah). These venture investors got their start-up capital of $ 65 million from Facebook (they accused Zuckerberg of stealing their ConnectU social network idea).
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Cameron and Tyler (one of them is on the right, and someone is on the left) decide where else to invest their millions.
I say “one more”, since for more than a year the operating Kraken exchange has positioned itself in the same way. How, by the way, did the notorious in circles devoted to Mt.Gox. In fact, knowledgeable people say that neither the US Securities and Exchange Commission , nor any of the federal services or state administrations issued any licenses to these exchanges. The legal address of Kraken is 548 Market St, SF, exactly the same as that of Coinbase (in fact, this is just the address for forward mail). It turns out that, despite loud statements, crypto-operators are not in a hurry to "get out of the shadows."
In the meantime, bitcoin suddenly won back all its fall in January, and today broke through the psychologically important mark of $ 300.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/375843/
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