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Generalized Economic Abstraction

By Kevin BritzAt Astro Wallet, which was recently acquired by Coinbase, we spent the better part of the last two years researching economic abstraction in various forms. We’d like to share our findings with the greater blockchain industry in the hope...

Crypto giveaway scams and how to spot them

By Thomas Hauer, Jr.Cryptocurrency giveaway scams have been a problem for those involved in the crypto-community since the last major bull run in late 2017. Whether you’re a seasoned investor or just beginning to get your feet wet in the crypto-space...

How MakerDAO doubled its users in a single weekend using Coinbase Earn

By Kenzan BooOn July 26, 2019, Coinbase Earn launched the Dai Advanced Task. In a few days, users created more CDPs (Collateralized Debt Positions) than ever existed. In the previous 11 months, about 9,000 CDPs were created on the blockchain with Mak...

A Beginner’s Guide to Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

By Sid Coelho-PrabhuCryptocurrency’s promise is to make money and payments universally accessible– to anyone, no matter where they are in the world.The Decentralized Finance (DeFi) or Open Finance movement takes that promise a step further. Imagine a...

Bringing DeFi to the World

DeFi, or decentralized finance, is an essential part of an open financial system. DeFi tools are censorship-resistant, unbiased, and available to anyone with a smartphone. That’s why for this winter’s hackathon, we focused on bringing DeFi to the wor...

Capture the Coin — Blockchain Category Solutions

Capture the Coin — Blockchain Category SolutionsBy Peter Kacherginsky, Mark Nesbitt, Joel Kenny, Don YuIn this post we continue our coverage of solutions for the Capture the Coin competition that we ran during Defcon 2019. We will focus on the five c...

Capture the Coin — Trivia Solutions

Capture the Coin — Trivia SolutionsBy Zassmin and Peter KacherginskyDuring Defcon 2019, we ran our first Blockchain Security competition — Capture the Coin. With Capture the Coin we focused on promoting blockchain security areas of cryptography, smar...

Intro to Smart Contracts

By Julia ChouThis post is a blog version of a workshop presented at the 2019 Grace Hopper Celebration, the world’s largest gathering of women in technology. Coinbase is committed to building a future that promotes economic freedom and financial inclu...