Brian Armstrong News

ARK Invest purchased 269,928 shares in Coinbase on March 23, only two days after it sold $13.5 million, its first sale of Coinbase shares this year.

Brian Armstrong made the interesting analogy when asked to explain the firm’s recent “Wells notice” in “NFL terms.“

Coinbase’s vice president of international policy told Cointelegraph the meetings took place in Canberra and Sydney and touched on the government’s token mapping efforts.

Despite the SEC looking to crack down on supposed unregistered securities offerings via staking rewards programs, Coinbase has outlined that its services will continue.

The SEC is broadening its investigation into crypto exchanges and has targeted staking products for potential securities violations.

One Ethereum bull hopes the launch will help onboard a host of other crypto companies and financial institutions onto Ethereum.

After the Securities and Exchange Commission’s crackdown on Kraken, Coinbase chief legal officer Paul Grewal outlined the differences between that exchange’s staking product and its own.

The group's policy head doubted a divided Congress can create crypto legislation but said it doesn’t give regulators absolute authority in the interim.

Brian Armstrong said he had about an hour at the Dirksen Senate Office in Washington, D.C. to “chat about crypto” and enjoy low-sugar food at the building’s snack bar.

Coinbase executives claim that staking is not a security under the US Securities Act or Howey test.

The community wonders whether delisting XRP in 2020 was due to Coinbase’s willingness to protect customers from “government overreach.”

"Today, the SEC shut down Kraken’s staking program and counted it as a win for investors. I disagree and therefore dissent," said Commissioner Hester Peirce.

Banning retail crypto staking in the United States would result in even more businesses moving offshore, argues Coinbase co-founder Brian Armstrong.

Here’s a list of the 12 individuals who had the most impact — for better or worse — on the crypto industry this past year.

Allie Rae of WetSpace joins Cointelegraph’s new podcast The Agenda to discuss how crypto and blockchain can empower adult content creators.