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According to Cointelegraph, the Coinbase connector has officially launched on Grok, enabling users to view their account balance, analyze data, and place trades directly within the chat interface, significantly lowering the barrier to managing Coinbase accounts.
Odaily News: Grok announced on platform X that it has now integrated with Coinbase. After users add the Coinbase connector, they can directly ask Grok in the chat interface to check account balances, analyze data, manage portfolios, and place or cancel orders for tradable assets on Coinbase.
Odaily News: Coinbase announced that it has partnered with Stanford University cryptography professor Dan Boneh and Localhost Research to host a closed-door "Post-Quantum Bitcoin Workshop" at Stanford University, bringing together Bitcoin developers, cryptography experts, researchers, institutional custodians, and hardware wallet specialists to discuss technical and migration solutions for Bitcoin to address future quantum computing threats.The workshop focused on assessing the progress of quantum computing development, post-quantum cryptography, and different post-quantum signature schemes applicable to Bitcoin, as well as discussing Ethereum's quantum resistance roadmap, practical requirements for institutional custody operations, and how to introduce post-quantum security mechanisms to Bitcoin through new output types and other means. Participants agreed that rather than predicting when quantum computing will pose an actual threat to existing cryptographic systems, it is more important to establish thoroughly tested contingency plans in advance. Quantum computing does not currently pose an imminent crisis, but the earlier research and coordination begins, the better equipped the ecosystem will be to avoid rushed network upgrades and asset migrations under pressure in the future.However, no single post-quantum solution has yet reached consensus. Different approaches involve trade-offs in security, transaction data size, hardware performance, key management, and the difficulty of user migration. Participants noted that Bitcoin's quantum resistance cannot rely solely on protocol-level upgrades—it also requires simultaneous consideration of how individual users, institutional custodians, wallets, and hardware devices generate, store, back up, and migrate keys and assets.
Odaily News – Hunter Biden, son of former U.S. President Joe Biden, has recently been frequently expressing public support for cryptocurrency. In June of this year, Hunter Biden stated, "Decentralized digital currencies and blockchain are the inevitable future"; the same week, when asked about his views on cryptocurrency, he replied directly, "Hyperliquid." Additionally, he mentioned that when deciding to sell his artwork, he wanted each piece to be placed on-chain and accept Bitcoin payments, adding that Andreas Antonopoulos' book "The Internet of Money" had "opened his eyes."Hunter Biden has re-emerged in the public eye this year, setting up an X account and a Substack, while frequently appearing on podcasts and news programs. Recently, he also discussed the possibility of running in the 2028 U.S. presidential election, saying he "hasn't made a decision yet" when asked if he might run for president; he had previously told billionaire John Catsimatidis that if he had his support, he might "have no choice but to run."Forbes also noted that Hunter Biden was convicted in 2024 on three felony gun charges and pleaded guilty to separate tax-related criminal charges later that year, before receiving a full pardon ahead of Joe Biden's departure from office. (Forbes)Earlier reports indicated that Hunter Biden, son of the former U.S. president, would launch a Meme coin called LAPTOP, scheduled to go live on September 9 on Coinbase's Base network.For more related LAPTOP content, you can read: "Biden's Son Launches Meme Coin LAPTOP, Also Plans Airdrop for TRUMP Holders"
According to The Wall Street Journal, Hunter Biden, son of former U.S. President Joe Biden, will launch a meme coin named LAPTOP, referencing his laptop incident, scheduled to go live on Coinbase’s Base network on September 9. The project’s founding team, including Hunter Biden, will hold 30% of the total token supply (1 billion tokens), which will be locked for six months and fully unlocked over two years. Another 20% will be airdropped in two batches to users who previously suffered losses on the Trump meme coin TRUMP, Hunter Biden’s Substack subscribers and their friends, and mailing list subscribers maintained by video journalist Andrew Callaghan. The remaining 20% will be allocated to charitable donations, liquidity provisions, distribution to exchange partners and market makers, and to cover the accounting, legal, administrative, and compliance costs of the token foundation.
Odaily News – Coinbase Derivatives and Coinbase Financial Markets, subsidiaries of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, respectively submitted Form 1-N and Form BD-N to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on September 1, with plans to launch single-stock perpetual contracts in the United States.Coinbase Chief Policy Officer Faryar Shirzad stated that the relevant products still require approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in the next step. The two filings pertain to registration as a security futures exchange and a limited-purpose security futures broker, respectively.Since March 20, Coinbase has offered non-U.S. users 10x perpetual contracts on stocks such as Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla, settled in USDC and supporting 24-hour round-the-clock trading. U.S. users were previously explicitly excluded from this product. (Bitcoin.com News)
Odaily News: Blockchain-native fintech startup OpenReserve received preliminary conditional approval from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on September 2 to establish a full-service national bank in Salt Lake City, Utah. The approval process took less than five months, with OpenReserve submitting its application on April 13.OpenReserve must raise at least $210 million in initial paid-in capital within 12 months and maintain a minimum Tier 1 leverage ratio of 12% for three years after opening. It must also commence operations within 18 months, or the approval will lapse. The relevant deadlines are September 2027 and March 2028, respectively.OpenReserve plans to offer tokenized deposits, treasury management, foreign correspondent banking, and Banking-as-a-Service for institutional clients. The full-service national bank charter, upon final approval, would allow it to accept deposits and conduct lending activities.OpenReserve previously completed a $25 million seed funding round led by a16z crypto, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Jump Capital, and Wintermute Ventures, among others. The company plans to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary to issue and redeem dollar-denominated, reserve-backed stablecoins, but that subsidiary has not yet filed an application with the OCC. (Decrypt)
Coinbase Markets stated that the Story token will be renamed from Story (IP) to Data (DATA), and Coinbase will support the related migration from October 5 to 7, 2026. Prior to the migration, trading for Story (IP) will be suspended on October 5, while send and receive functions will be temporarily disabled from October 5 to 7. User-held Story (IP) will be converted to Data (DATA) at a 1:1 ratio, with no conversion transaction fees charged. Trading for Data (DATA) will open upon completion of the migration on October 7.
Odaily News: Brian Armstrong posted on the X platform, stating that the charting features in the Coinbase app have been upgraded and are now available for users to experience.
A platform under Coinbase has officially launched cryptocurrency derivatives trading services for eligible Canadian customers, initially rolling out 23 crypto contracts and the Coinbase 50 Index, making it the first large crypto-native platform in the country to offer such services.
According to an official Coinbase blog post, Coinbase has officially launched regulated derivative contracts through its subsidiary Coinbase Financial Markets (CFM) for qualified Canadian traders, becoming the first major cryptocurrency platform to offer native crypto futures in Canada. The product lineup includes 23 perpetual and term futures covering assets such as Bitcoin, ETH, and SOL; five commodity futures such as gold, silver, and crude oil; and COIN50 index futures, with leverage of up to 10x. All contracts are provided by CFM, a CFTC-registered futures commission merchant, with limited-time fees as low as 0.02% per trade plus $0.11 per contract. Previously, Canadian investors lacked access to regulated cryptocurrency derivatives channels and had long relied on offshore or unregulated platforms.
Odaily News: Blockchain project Core DAO has announced a coordinated emergency hard fork, caused by validators receiving CORE rewards exceeding the blockchain's originally scheduled issuance. Core DAO stated that the incident is under control, malicious validators can no longer continue to obtain excess rewards, and the upgrade will not roll back the network or revoke confirmed transactions.Core DAO previously stated that a small number of validators had accumulated rewards significantly higher than the protocol's set issuance, and that the incident only involved reward distribution, with user assets remaining secure. Coinbase, Bithumb, Coinone, Bitget, and LBank had restricted CORE deposits, withdrawals, or transfers.Core DAO has not yet disclosed the amount of excess CORE issued, the duration of the related activity, whether the extra tokens entered circulation, or the cause of the vulnerability, and stated that it will publish a technical post-mortem report. (Cointelegraph)
According to Onchain Lens, Multicoin Capital has transferred an additional 63,200 HYPE to Coinbase, worth approximately $5.23 million. Since the update yesterday, it has cumulatively transferred 261,600 HYPE to Coinbase, valued at around $21.72 million.
Coinbase announced on the X platform that cbHYPE and cbZEC are now live on the Base network. cbHYPE and cbZEC are Coinbase-custodied B20 tokens pegged to Hyperliquid (HYPE) and Zcash (ZEC) at a 1:1 ratio.
Coinbase Markets announced that it will support Cluster Protocol (CP). In regions where trading is supported, users can currently generate a CP deposit address through Coinbase; however, deposits remain temporarily unavailable until the project team unlocks CP transfers.
Webull Canada officially launches cryptocurrency trading services, partnering with Coinbase for asset custody.
Odaily News: Brian Armstrong posted on X, stating that Coinbase now supports AI agents trading stocks, in addition to cryptocurrencies, derivatives, and other assets. AiFi (Agent Finance) has arrived, and users can get started through their preferred agent framework or agent.
Odaily News: Greek.live Research Institute's Adam stated on the X platform that Deribit has been continuously rolling out updates more than once a week recently. Spot liquidity has now been merged into Coinbase, and the majority of reserve assets have been custodied with Coinbase. These arrangements are aimed at preparing for the merger on September 9.Adam stated that Coinbase may deserve more attention than many expect, as this merger is not a simple brand integration. Coinbase's spot trading, global user base, and institutional framework will be integrated with Deribit's options, derivatives liquidity, and trading infrastructure.For traders, spot, perpetual, and options trading were previously spread across different platforms. After the merger, Coinbase will consolidate spot, perpetuals, options, and futures into a single trading system. The derivatives layer will leverage a new-generation matching engine and further consolidate previously fragmented liquidity.
As reported by Caixin, Han Xinyi, CEO of Ant Group and Chairman of Alipay, presented systematic insights on the global exploration paths for AI payments at the China Payment Clearing Forum. He stated that AI payments have basically coalesced into four exploration paths: The first category comprises payment technology and infrastructure platforms represented by Stripe. The second category consists of cryptocurrency enterprises such as Circle and Coinbase, which primarily rely on stablecoins and their wallet ecosystems. Using cryptocurrencies as payment instruments, they directly enable automated machine-to-machine payment scenarios. The third category features traditional payment networks represented by the two major card organizations (Visa and Mastercard). The fourth category comprises AI platform companies such as Google and OpenAI.
Odaily News Financial services company Charles Schwab has announced plans to add Solana, Avalanche, and Chainlink to its cryptocurrency trading platform in the coming months, though a specific launch date has not yet been announced. The platform began offering direct Bitcoin and Ethereum trading to select eligible retail clients in May 2026.Clients can buy and sell these cryptocurrencies through the company's website, mobile app, and the thinkorswim trading platform, with a fee of 0.75% per transaction, equivalent to $7.50 for a $1,000 trade. Previously, clients primarily gained exposure to cryptocurrencies through exchange-traded products and shares of companies such as Coinbase and Strategy.Joe Vietri, Head of Digital Assets at Charles Schwab, stated that this expansion will increase options for clients to allocate digital assets. CEO Rick Wurster indicated in 2025 that the company is exploring the launch of a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin, though no related product has been announced to date. (Decrypt)