company:coinbase

What is #coinbase Earn Program, How to make max out of it
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Coinbase Earn program recently launched Earn on Coinbase in which the users have to watch educational videos to learn about new coins and tokens, then earn them by answering skill-testing quizzes! Looks easy, let us know how to get started and how to make max out of it.From my system CoinbaseFirst Register your account with CoinbaseSo, register yourself on Coinbase.Fill the details, verify your accounts by filling KYC(Know Your Customer) form.Now, next thing what you need to do is register on Earn.com.Again fill the details and verify your KYC. Once you are registered with both of them you are good to go.Now sign in to your Coinbase account scroll down you will see something like the above gif. Or just change URL to coinbase.com/earn. Once you visit the link you will see all available (...)

#bitcoin #blockchain #cryptocurrency #investing

Top 5 Privacy Coins for a Regulated #crypto Market
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Regulatory pressure from governments, local central banks, and specialized law enforcement is pushing cryptocurrencies to adopting privacy-focused capabilities. That’s precisely how TeleCoin found itself building the Trend-Setter platform and why Charlie Lee, the founder of Litecoin, announced confidential transactions for its coin.Given all the recent legal actions with crypto exchanges being shut down, Coinbase forced to give user records, and India banning #cryptocurrency use entirely, coin owners aren’t having the best time right now. A couple of years ago, being an early adopter meant being a part of the geek club, and that club came with a significant profits. But after 2018, while the market can still be considered in its early stages, being an early adopter is neither cool nor (...)

#education #bitcoin #blockchain

The Coinbase Conundrum: Providing Accurate Tax Information to Users
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Coinbase has grown to be one of the largest and most prominently used #cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. As of this writing, Coinbase boasts more than 25 million users on its platform. As impressive as this stat is, it comes as a bit of a shock that when it comes to Coinbase #taxes, the exchange is unable to provide accurate documentation to millions of its users. This article breaks down why Coinbase taxes are so problematic and offers a solution to the problem.Cryptocurrency ExchangesCryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase make it easy for everyday consumers to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. By nature of the technology that these exchanges operate on (blockchain), users are able to send #bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies to wallet addresses outside of their own network. An example (...)

#ethereum #blockchain

BigData Behind #blockchain Forensics
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It seems a week doesn’t go by without more news of another #cryptocurrency hack, fault, failure, scam, or what have you. Just this week saw EOS have a hacker lift $7.7 million in EOS after a mistake by one of their validators. You will often hear about how these types of transactions get resolved later, but not a lot of information is provided about how that happened. Last week I saw the news that controversial Italian surveillance vendor Neutrino was acquired by Coinbase (which Coinbase has already come to regret) and when I read up on them, I realized that it was companies like Neutrino that are able to help repair those hacks, track down the terrorist funding, ransomware, the gun running, and drug sales and other nefarious activity that can take place on blockchain. This led me to (...)

#bitcoin #cybersecurity #big-data

Will #deleteCoinbase Kill Cryptocurrency Forever
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There has been a glut of news regarding trust issues in the cryptocurrency sphere. For example, the recent death of QuadrigaCX CEO Gerry Cotten revealed that he personally held the keys for all reserves for the company, and they were lost. Platform users scrambled to find their coins, but now must wait for Canada’s wheels of justice to provide a solution.However, for many in the crypto world, there’s been one company that remained trustworthy — Coinbase. The massive cryptocurrency exchange has done a lot for the blockchain community. Notably, it has made the acquisition, depositing, and trading of cryptocurrency as simple as fiat currencies. Because of Coinbase, anyone can easily enter the crypto space.The Hacking Team would be considered the opposite of that image — untrustworthy. The firm (...)

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Why #coinbase listing didn’t boost #xrp price
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There was a general feeling that when Coinbase announced it was listing XRP on its Coinbase Pro platform there would be a corresponding leap in the value of Ripple’s native token. There was some movement on the day of the announcement (25th February) with XRP shooting up by 10% in value, but that is about as exciting as it got.Furthermore, when Coinbase then announced on 28th February that it was adding XRP to Coinbase.com, as well as the exchanges’s Android and iOS apps, the response was flat.The analysts’ analysisWhile #crypto consumers might be somewhat surprised by this lack of activity, analysts were less so. According to crypto expert Charles Bovaird, writing at Forbes, several analysts were of the opinion that they had never expected anything else. Jeff Dorman, cofounder and head (...)

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#bitcoin & the #fbar
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I had the opportunity to participate on a Legal Panel with David Silver at the Unconfiscatable, Bitcoin not Blockchain Conference put on by Tone Vays in Las Vegas. It was quite an honor to be part of it; the conference was hands down the best Bitcoin event I’ve attended since Jason King hosted Coins in the Kingdom.At the end of the panel, we opened up for a Q&A and one of the questions was something I had never considered before. The gentleman asked if after moving his Bitcoin off Coinbase and onto his cold storage, would he be required to file an FBAR because the Bitcoin is located on all the nodes across the world.David had the right idea telling the guy we can’t give legal or tax advice on stage. I tried to flub my way through the question using an analogy of the foreign private (...)

#irs #taxes #foreign-ownership

Socket Programming in #python : Client, Server, and Peer Examples
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Sockets (aka socket programming) enable programs to send and receive data, bi-directionally, at any given moment. This tutorial walks through how you can send data from device-to-device, client-to-server, and vice versa using socket programming in Python.▻https://medium.com/media/86144cd4f9efcf87701793197783133c/hrefWhy use #sockets to send data?Internet-connected applications that need to operate in realtime greatly benefit from the implementation of sockets in their networking code. Some examples of apps that use socket programming are:Web pages that show live notifications (Facebook, Twitch, eBay)Multiplayer online games (League of Legends, WoW, Counter Strike)Chat Apps (WhatsApp, WeChat, Slack)Realtime Data Dashboards (Robinhood, Coinbase)IoT devices (Nest, August Locks)Python, unlike (...)

#peer-to-peer #pubnub #socket-programming

Received #1099k from #coinbase Pro? Here’s how to deal with it.
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Exchanges like Coinbase provide transaction history to every customer, but only customers meeting certain mandated thresholds will also receive an IRS Form 1099-K. But what can we do with it and how to use it in filing taxes?IntroductionYou would have received a 1099-K from Coinbase Pro. All it really says is how much money you had IN from everywhere. It doesn’t display any info on how much you made/lost with each trade.So, what can do you do with this 1099-K?Coinbase’s 1099K form is a kind of consolidated information describing the volume of your trades (Exchanges like Coinbase provide transaction history to every customer, but only customers meeting certain mandated thresholds will also receive an IRS Form 1099-K.).Even though you could have just traded with $10K — it will have all the (...)

#tax-forms #taxes #cryptocurrency

Eradicating #friction
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One rule of thumb in web development is that every page on a website should be within three clicks of the landing page. While this rule, like all arbitrary rules with arbitrary numbers, is arbitrary, it reaffirms that users are lost to friction.As I’m sure many of you are aware, two months ago, Carbon launched the first and only EOS stablecoin. Alongside this, we quietly added a fiat off ramp directly into EOS Lynx, the most frictionless wallet on EOS as a way to test our new product, Carbon Fiber.Pre FiberBefore Fiber was integrated into Lynx, users would have go through Coinbase in order to initiate the process of purchasing EOS. Only once the user’s identity was verified by Coinbase upon registration, were they able purchase ETH. Then, after they uploaded their driver’s license to (...)

#bitcoin #eradicating-friction #stable-coin

What are the Requirements for Decentralized Exchanges to Achieve High Liquidity?
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Even if all centralized exchanges are closed, leaving us with no option but the decentralized ones (DEXs), can these platforms handle the high liquidity that Binance, Coinbase, or Bithumb are facing today?We’re going to take a deeper look into this question and identify the requirements for DEXs to achieve high liquidity, while at the same time try to spot the potential candidates that can bring a workable solution to the table.Liquidity is a challenge for the entire cryptocurrency marketIn the cryptocurrency market, liquidity refers to the difficulty of an asset to be bought and sold at a fair price. Lower liquidity creates a more volatile market, where prices change substantially in a shorter period of time. Higher liquidity makes for a stable, less volatile market where prices do not (...)

#decentralized-exchange #crypto-exchange #exchange-high-liquidity #crypto-exchange-liquidity #blockchain

#coinbase widens its “BASE” and now crosses the valuation of $8 billion
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Coinbase’ journey towards becoming a UnicornDisclaimer: Article sourced from InWara. This is not financial advice.Coinbase has been the star of the industry lately attracting the top investors in crypto space. It has emerged as an epitome of how a startup with a clear vision can grow to new heights in an uncertain industry. Coinbase was one of the first crypto exchanges to receive US regulatory approval.Coinbase has been only scaling up since then!It started off with just #bitcoin and later on added #ethereum, Litecoin to its portfolio. In today’s date, Coinbase has 5 coins listed and offers 9 wallets to its client base. Recent PR from Coinbase suggests that they are looking at a prospect of adding 30 new coins that is touted as a positive sign for the digital currency (...)

#cryptocurrency #cryptocurrency-exchange

Coinbase Enables Instant Paypal Withdrawals, And November Was The Worst Month For ICOs
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The State of The Market — December 17, 2018BTC: $3,397.73 (+3.33%)XRP: $0.299002 (+2.29%)ETH: $90.06 (+3.28%)Over the weekend, the crypto market crashed to a new low of $100 Billion and held on to it. Exactly one year ago, on December 17, 2018, #bitcoin touched its all-time high of $20,000. Bitcoin has lost nearly 85% of its value ever since, and more than $700 Billion was wiped off from the crypto market. Meanwhile, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Bitcoin Cash SV (BSV) are racing each other to the bottom as both sides are dumping the other #cryptocurrency. Litecoin has now overtaken BCH with the recent crash. Also, Ethereum, for the first time, is priced more than BCH.In other news, Cryptojacking is up by 400% in 2018. According to Kaspersky, there were about 13 million instances of cryptojacking (...)

#cryptocurrency-news #cryptocurrency-investment #blockchain

#probit, Can it be the next Gen #exchange. — #ico Review
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ProBit — the new exchange in town (Review)If you’re reading this article, it’s probably because the #hackernoon community gave me a voice. The Hackernoon community is growing and now in crowdfunding mode, do participate and be a proud supporter of Hackernoon shares.Hacker NoonIntroductionWhile the bears are wreaking havoc in the cryptocurrency market, the projected annual revenue of Coinbase will be around $1.3 billion whereas Trading giant Binance is expected to generate nearly $1 billion as profits. Even a medium range exchange like Upbit and Bithumb are generating revenues worth $35 to $70 million.For an exchange, revenues are generated as commissions on trades, appreciation and depreciation of its crypto holdings, listing prices, withdrawal fees etc.Irrespective of the fact that trading (...)

#blockchain

How Onion Routing Can Save Your Crypto
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SourceNote : This article is written for Android users. I will update it when I find appropriate solutions for other platforms.In this article I will explain how the usage of Onion routing can save the #cryptocurrency you own in your wallet.Mt.Gox and Maple change hacks has proved that owning cryptocurrencies on an exchange is not safe since the whole infrastructure can be hacked/ransacked. The only other alternative we have is to store the cryptocurrencies in a wallet.Even-though we have wallets like Coinbase with secure infrastructure(No known hacks till now), there is still one possible way in which a hacker can still have access to your cryptocurrencies i.e by installing a Keylogger.Keylogger is a bug that is planted on the host computer to log all the keystrokes. Now, the most secure (...)

#crypto-onion-routing #onion-routing #bitcoin-wallet #onion-router

#ethereum is the future of #gaming - and we’d like to prove it.
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Ethereum is the future of gaming — and we’d like to prove it.TL;DR: We recently announced Gods Unchained, a competitive trading card game built on Ethereum that offers players actual ownership of their cards — not just a license agreement.We’ve been backed by Coinbase Ventures, Continue Capital, Sora Ventures & Nirvana Capital, and have built a gaming infrastructure platform called Apollo to make it all work. Each match plays as seamlessly as a regular, centralized game, but every card has its value, statistics, and ownership stored in an ERC721 token. And it’s all possible thanks to Ethereum.▻https://medium.com/media/1d1384722304cf4ff087ce8ecc452619/hrefFirst — the most important question.…Why blockchain?Funnily enough, the centralization of gaming was part of the inspiration for Ethereum (...)

#ethereum-gaming #games-built-on-ethereum #bitcoin

Coinbase is starting to look a lot like a traditional big tech company
The cryptocurrency exchange is growing up fast—and becoming more like the kind of company that cryptocurrency was supposed to circumvent.
Two big news items: Coinbase has announced that it’s “exploring the addition” of five new crypto-tokens. Just as important, Bloomberg reported (▻https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-16/coinbase-says-it-has-green-light-to-list-coins-deemed-securities) that Coinbase has the “green light” from US securities regulators to make three acquisitions that will pave the way for it to become one of the first licensed platforms for trading “tokenized” versions of traditional investments, like company shares.
A contentious backdrop: Landing on a big exchange like Coinbase boosts a crypto-token’s perceived value, so there is a lot of money is on the line. Complicating things is a lack of clarity from regulators regarding which coins are commodities, which are securities, and which may be something different altogether.
This looks familiar: Coinbase, which may be worth as much as $8 billion, has been in rapid expansion mode lately. Some have called it a budding “Google of crypto.” But isn’t that antithetical to the decentralized ideal to which many cryptocurrency enthusiasts adhere? Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
—Mike Orcutt

#crypto exchanges are getting out of hand, do we need an epiphany?
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As the crypto ecosystem develop, exchanges are playing a significant role. Those which accept fiat, like Coinbase or Kraken are the gatekeepers of the whole ecosystem. Other token-only exchanges, such as Bittrex or Binance are essential to be able to buy various tokens.If you compare even the most advanced exchanges to a regular (stock/bonds) trading platform, we are still in the junior’s league. To fill the gap, we’ll need professional-grade exchanges able to handle the flood of daily transactions AND all the legal requirements: KYC, AML compliance (money laundering prevention) and any other legal requirements the country they serve might have. And of course, they’ll need to be decentralized.The current regulatory situation around cryptocurrency is getting more precise all around the (...)

#blockchain #decentralized-exchange #neo #crypto-exchange

Beginners guide to Coinbase Pro, Coinbase’s advanced Exchange to trade BTC, ETH and LTC
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Beginners guide to Coinbase Pro, Coinbase’s advanced Exchange to trade BTC, ETH and LTCUnderstand the asset trading exchange provided by Coinbase themselves & save your fees on buying and selling allowed top 3 cryptocurrenciesGrowing PopularityAs the popularity of #bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is increasing either due to astronomical price increase of Bitcoin over past few days or so many public figures making pro comments and few against it, this is making more and more people to learn and invest in Bitcoin.For those who’s been daunted by huge price tag of Bitcoin are looking for a next Bitcoin or alternative currencies which could do a bull run in coming days, weeks or months. People are actually exploring other cryptocurrencies like #litecoin and #ethereum as they have proven to (...)

#gdax #coinbase-pro

Today’s Crypto News on Asia — June 5th
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$20bn #coinbase assets in imToken; Coinbase venturing into Japan; Bitmain half Z9 mini prices in #china; OKEx offering indexTo get the latest alerts on China and Asia Cryptocurrency happenings, subscribe to our newsletter below. It’ll be a quick, hassle-free update to your inbox daily.We’ve just added an events calendar! It’s purpose is to foster more opportunities for our readers to learn about Asia-based companies. If you are in an Asia- based Cryptocurrency company and you have upcoming events, make sure to let us know!Upcoming eventsBinance AMA on Reddit: June 6, 5–8pm ESTEOS Jun 9: EOSHackathon in Hong KongOntology Jul 15–19: Microsoft Inspire, Las VegasOntology Jun 29: Block Co + Conference, TokyoVechain Jul 19: Distributed 2018 Conference in San FranciscoTop NewsThe world’s largest (...)

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