Apr 16, 2021 14:01 GMTCrypto News
Coinbase becomes the first cryptocurrency exchange to have a public listing.
AXA Switzerland joins Tesla in accepting BTC as a form of payment, while MicroStrategy pays its board using this crypto.
Bitcoin price remains bullish from a technical and on-chain perspective.
Bitcoin price hitting a new all-time high and Coinbase’s direct listing are perhaps two of the most important developments surrounding the pioneer cryptocurrency over the past week. As the hype fades, BTC price retraces, creating a base for the next leg up.
Coinbase, the poster child of crypto
US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase went public on Wednesday under the ticker COIN. Such a historic moment was recorded on the Bitcoin blockchain as mining pool company F2Pool coded a headline from The New York Times at block height 679,187.