How Digital Currency Will Change The World

Digital currency may be the most effective way the world has ever seen to increase economic freedom. If this happens, the implications are profound. It could lift many countries out of poverty, improve the lives of billions of people, and accelerate the…

Scaling & Developer Productivity

At Coinbase we care about developer productivity. As we’ve scaled from a single service to many, we’ve…

How We Do MongoDB Migrations at Coinbase

At Coinbase, we use a wide variety of datastores, including MongoDB, Postgres, and Redis. One of the things that has consistently been troublesome for us is MongoDB migrations. Up until about last week, our general migration process looked like this:

Building The Bridge: Why Compliance Is Key To Digital Currency’s Success

I occasionally see people in the digital currency industry question the value of compliance. By this I mean working with regulators, law enforcement, banks, etc.

Why Compliance at an Online MSB is so Challenging

Back in the day

I opened my first checking account in 1997. My dad drove me to our local credit union (I was only 15) where I showed my student ID and we both signed the application. I received a debit card…

How We Secure Digital Assets

Building products that provide safe and easy access to digital assets requires an uncompromising commitment to security. Digital assets like bitcoin can be easily moved around the world, which introduces unique security challenges. We’d like to share how we think about security…

European customers can now buy digital currency on mobile using debit and credit cards

We’re excited to announce that Coinbase customers in Europe can now buy digital currency on their mobile phones using a credit or debit card.