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Everything about Coinbase

American digital asset exchange company

Coinbase Global, Inc. is an American cryptocurrency exchange. It was founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam. Coinbase has over 100 million users, and is the largest U.S. based cryptocurrency exchange as well as the world's biggest bitcoin custodian, as of 2024. The company operates in more than 100 countries and holds nearly US$516 billion in assets, including nearly 12 percent of all bitcoin in existence and 11 percent of all staked Ether. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: CoinbaseA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Coinbase v. Bielski—More than a Case About Stays for Arbitration Appeals?Influential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Compra y Gestión Financiera de Criptomonedas para PrincipiantesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Crypto-wallets revolution! Key factors driving behavioral intention to adopt the Coinbase Wallet using mixed PLS-SEM/fsQCA methodology in the Spanish environmentCited 38 times
  5. Go sideways: Digital Currency GroupA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Blockchain.comA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun The transaction that is automatically created in every Bitcoin block to reward the miner.

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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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