Litecoin,
another Coinbase listed asset, has also seen massive upswings in price.
Not exact matches
In early March,
Coinbase also released a weighted index fund that will give accredited U.S. investors exposure to all the
assets listed in its GDAX exchange, similar to how the Dow Jones industrial average's 30 stocks attempt to reflect the U.S. economy.
However, the company notes that admission to the GDAX platform does not automatically mean an ERC20 token will be
listed on
Coinbase and that GDAX «will likely have more
assets listed on the platform than the
Coinbase platform.»
Though
Coinbase will soon support ERC20
assets, the exchange will continue to follow company policy and only
list additional
assets after they are
listed on GDAX.
Coinbase reminds traders it will only
list assets on the platform once they're added to GDAX and just because a coin is
listed on GDAX doesn't mean it will necessarily be supported on
Coinbase.
It's also worth noting that if Ripple somehow knew that the XRP price would fall in the near future (e.g., because of its inability to get XRP
listed on digital
asset exchanges like Gemini and
Coinbase), the company could have decided to maximize its tax deduction by making the charitable contribution ahead of the decline.
The U.S. government's issues with coming up with clear regulatory legislation concerning cryptocurrency and ICOs has likely been a reason why
Coinbase has been hesitant to
list new
assets on the platform.
A
Coinbase representative declined to discuss specific
assets, but referred Bloomberg to the exchange's
listing framework.
The
Coinbase Index Fund, managed by subsidiary
Coinbase Asset Management, will «give investors exposure to all digital
assets listed on
Coinbase's exchange, GDAX, weighted by market capitalization.»
This process involves a legal and risk assessment by an
asset selection committee; review and approval by the
Coinbase executive team; a public announcement of the new
listing prior to integration; and a technical implementation of the
asset followed by another public announcement of the complete integration.
Only once an
asset is
listed on GDAX and the
Coinbase team evaluates factors «such as liquidity, price stability and other market health metrics» will they consider adding it to
Coinbase, according to the post.
«
Coinbase will only
list assets after they are
listed on GDAX,» the company says.
Coinbase Index was launched at the same time, which is described as a «measure of the financial performance of all
assets listed on GDAX, weighted by their market capitalization.»
On Tuesday, the popular cryptocurrency exchange said the
Coinbase Index Fund «will give investors exposure to all digital
assets listed on
Coinbase's exchange, GDAX, weighted by market capitalization.»
It contains an analysis of the criteria
Coinbase uses to decide which
assets to
list.
Though
Coinbase will soon support ERC20
assets, the exchange will continue to follow company policy and only
list additional
assets after they are
listed on GDAX.
Meanwhile, the
Coinbase Custody team is considering various
assets to support for deposits and withdrawals, and
Coinbase Asset Management will add any asset listed on GDAX to the Coinbase Index «on a market capitalization weighted basis.&r
Asset Management will add any
asset listed on GDAX to the Coinbase Index «on a market capitalization weighted basis.&r
asset listed on GDAX to the
Coinbase Index «on a market capitalization weighted basis.»
However, the company notes that admission to the GDAX platform does not automatically mean an ERC20 token will be
listed on
Coinbase and that GDAX «will likely have more
assets listed on the platform than the
Coinbase platform.»
The aim is to give investors exposure to all digital
assets listed on
Coinbase's exchange, GDAX, weighted by market capitalization.
Coinbase lists only four
assets on its GDAX exchange, offering order books for bitcoin, ether, litecoin and bitcoin cash.
In response to the suggestions that
Coinbase employees may have been acting illicitly,
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong made a statement clarifying that his company has policies against any of their employees trading on any
assets they are about to
list for a set period of time.
In the past, when an
asset is added to
Coinbase, it is a signal to the cryptocurrency community at large that the
asset listed is one that has a lot of potential.
guidelines,
Coinbase will only
list assets after they are
listed on GDAX.
And according to
Coinbase's digital
assets guidelines, OMG is a strong contender to be
listed early.
On Tuesday, it was among the biggest laggards after
Coinbase quelled rumors that it had placed XRP on its short -
list of of supported
assets.
Altcoins
Coinbase is poised to
list its first new crypto
assets of 2018 and one coin that's unlikely to make the
list is ripple.
Coinbase has also said that it plans to expand its
list of supported cryptoassets significantly in the future, meaning that its fund will likely provide investors with exposure to a greater range of
assets than Grayscale's fund — at least down the road.
The Ripple price posted a double - digit percentage decline on Tuesday after cryptocurrency exchange and brokerage platform
Coinbase squashed rumors that it had decided to add XRP to its
list of supported
assets.
Right now, the closest thing we have to an ETF is
Coinbase Index which tracks the overall performance of the digital
assets listed on
Coinbase's Exchange, GDAX.
The
Coinbase Index tracks the overall performance of crypto
assets listed on the Californian - based company's exchange, GDAX.
Coinbase's fund will allow investors broad exposure to all
assets listed on GDAX (weighted by market capitalization).
«
Coinbase will only
list assets after they are
listed on GDAX,» the latest announcement meanwhile continues, also stating: