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Coinbase Global, Inc., branded Coinbase, is an American publicly traded company that operates a cryptocurrency exchange platform. Coinbase is a distributed company; all employees operate via remote work. It is the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States in terms of trading volume. [4]
For example, the Bitcoin exchange Coinbase charges only 1% on all Bitcoin exchanges to legal tender. [8] Compare this to "2%-4% for traditional online payment systems, like PayPal and credit card companies, [ 9 ] or a global average of 7.49% for remittance sent through major remittance corridors. [ 10 ]
Bitcoin (abbreviation: BTC; sign: ₿) is the first decentralized cryptocurrency.Based on a free-market ideology, bitcoin was invented in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto, an unknown entity (person or persons). [5]
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Satoshi Nakamoto message embedded in the coinbase of the first block. Nakamoto said that the work of writing bitcoin's code began in the second quarter of 2007. [9] On 18 August 2008, he or a colleague registered the domain name bitcoin.org, [10] and created a web site at that address.
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In February 2013, the exchange Coinbase reported selling US$1 million worth of bitcoins in a single month at over $22 per bitcoin. [58] The Internet Archive announced that it was ready to accept donations as bitcoins and that it intends to give employees the option to receive portions of their salaries in bitcoin currency. [59]
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