Top Stories published by The Coinbase Blog in 2013

Allowing custom donation amounts

As requested by a number of Coinbase users, we just launched a new feature where people can set their own donation amounts.

When you go create a payment button there is a new ‘advanced options’ section.


You Can Now Buy Up To 100 BTC Per Day (with a verified account)

Since we launched bank integration just a few short months ago the response has been amazing.

It’s now easier than ever to buy or sell bitcoin — just by linking a U.S. bank account.


We Just Released A WordPress Plugin!

The Coinbase WordPress plugin is now available. The plugin makes it super easy to add bitcoin payment buttons to more than 68 million WordPress websites around the world, and is completely open source.


Coinbase raises $5m in Series A funding

We’re excited to announce that Coinbase has raised $5m in Series A funding from Fred Wilson at Union Square Ventures. You can see his post about the investment here. Ribbit Capital, SV Angel, and Fundersclub also participated in the round.


Hosted Payment Pages, Email Invoices, And More

The response from our payment buttons announcement has been great, and we’ve been hard at work on adding more merchant tools.

Hosted Payment Pages are now available.


Our PHP Library Has Launched

We’re pleased to announce that the Coinbase PHP library has launched!

This library makes it even easier for PHP developers to integrate bitcoin into their web applications.

These were the top 10 stories published by The Coinbase Blog in 2013. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2013 by using the calendar at the top of this page.