Coinbase Goes Public Tomorrow
It’s a big week for Bitcoin.
BTC hit all time highs above $63,000 just one day ahead of Coinbase’s debut.
Coinbase is iconic.
Love em or hate em, the US-based cryptocurrency exchange has played a major role in the story of Bitcoin.
Gone are the days of Mt. Gox.
The unregulated, unknown, throwing your money into a random account and praying the BTC you got for it is really there when you want it days… are over.
They have been for a while.
We’re in the era of “trustworthy” crypto exchanges.
To be clear, not your keys not your coins still holds true.
Holding Bitcoin (we won’t get into other altcoins for now) on an exchange like Coinbase is trusting a third party with the actual ownership over that Bitcoin.
Coinbase provides convenience.
It’s regulated convenience.
Highly regulated.
Soon to be highly public and accountable convenience that you better hope promotes the interests of its customers convenience.
But, I use Coinbase.
I first made a Bitcoin purchase on Coinbase Dec…
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