Crypto Exchange Coinbase Goes Into Overdrive: Leads US Bitcoin Industry With New Hires, Key Acquisitions

in amar15 •  7 years ago  (edited)

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Coinbase published a string of achievements in the second quarter of 2018. The San Francisco-based exchange has tackled five key areas of growth that are expanding the cryptocurrency sector at large and shoring up integration with traditional investors.

The company expanded its staff with 64 key players.

KEY HIRES

VP of Financial Planning & Analysis
Head of Data Engineering
Head of Business Development
Head of Business Operations
Head of Business Analytics
59 Product and Engineering team members
The company made 12 strategic investments in blockchain-based companies.

Coinbase Ventures

OpenSea – a peer-to-peer marketplace for rare digital items and crypto collectibles
Celo – a blockchain-based platform that makes sending payments worldwide as easy as sending a text
Compound – an open-source protocol for algorithmic, efficient money markets on the Ethereum blockchain
TruStory – a platform for users to discover and validate claims people make online
Elph – a portal for decentralized apps
Reserve – a full-stack, open-source, decentralized stablecoin that is censorship resistant
Rarebits – a marketplace where users can buy, sell and discover crypto assets
Relevant – a protocol designed to curate content on the internet
Spacemesh – a fair blockmesh operating system to run general-purpose smart contracts at web-scale
Etherscan – Ethereum blockchain explorer
Fuel Games – scalable blockchain infrastructure for video games
Unlock Protocol – access control protocol to help creators monetize content without a middleman

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