Coinbase is a cryptocurrency platform providing consumer buying, selling and storage of crypto, institutional trading and custody via Coinbase Prime, and developer tools for building blockchain applications.
Coinbase, founded in 2012, is a cryptocurrency platform that provides buying, selling and storage of digital assets for consumers, institutional trading and custody through Coinbase Prime, and developer tools for building blockchain applications. The company was founded on principles of trust, security and regulatory compliance, and states that it has accumulated more than a decade of emphasis on security and regulatory compliance in the course of enabling mainstream adoption of cryptocurrency.
The platform's scope extends across a range of regulated financial activity. Its consumer apps allow individuals to buy, sell and store cryptocurrency. Coinbase Prime provides professional-grade trading and custody solutions for institutional clients. The Coinbase Developer Platform supports developers building blockchain applications. An "everything exchange" offering is described as a unified destination for crypto, equities, derivatives, prediction markets and more. Technical domains include blockchain technology, cryptocurrency exchange infrastructure, digital asset custody, stablecoin capabilities, global settlement rails, exchange liquidity, and developer platform and APIs.
By scale, the company reports more than 100m users and says it custodies more digital assets than any other company. It has operated for more than a decade, having been founded when the price of Bitcoin stood at $6. Industry verticals span cryptocurrency, financial services, fintech, institutional trading and custody, and blockchain development.
