Coinbase considering 30 new cryptocurrencies, including EOS and XRP

After doubling its cryptocurrency lineup this year, it seems popular exchange service Coinbase has no intention of slowing down its expansion into altcoin trading.

The company has revealed it’s exploring a large list of cryptocurrencies that could soon be added to its flagship desktop and mobile app, Coinbaseom. Among others, Coinbase singled out Ripple‘s XRP, Cardano’s ADA, EOS , as well as the embattled Tezos (XTZ).

Indeed, the exchange claims it’s currently considering over 30 new additions.

Here is the full list:

Cardano (ADA)

Aeternity (AE)

Aragon (ANT)

Bread Wallet (BRD)

Civic (CVC)

Dai (DAI)

district0x (DNT)

EnjinCoin (ENJ)

EOS (EOS)

Golem Network (GNT)

IOST (IOST)

Kin (KIN)

Kyber Network (KNC)

ChainLink (LINK)

Loom Network (LOOM)

Loopring (LRC)

Decentraland (MANA)

Mainframe (MFT)

Maker (MKR)

NEO (NEO)

OmiseGo (OMG)

Pot (POE)

QuarkChain (QKC)

Augur (REP)

Request Network (REQ)

Status (SNT)

Storj (STORJ)

Stellar (XLM)

XRP (XRP)

Tezos (XTZ)

Zilliqa (ZIL)

Ramping up cryptocurrency listing on Coinbase

Although Coinbase had previously employed a rather selective strategy when it came to adding new currencies to its platform, it has gradually adopted a far more aggressive listing approach.

Earlier this year, the company opened up its listing application form to practically any company in the space. The move attracted quite a bit of ridicule from the larger cryptocurrency community

Up until last year, the exchange’s offerings featured exclusively Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Litecoin (LTC). This year alone, Coinbase has already added five new assets in 2018 alone and, by the looks of it, this is only the beginning.

“ Over time, we intend to offer our customers access to greater than 90 [percent] of all compliant digital assets by market cap,” the exchange said on its blog.

For the record, this isn’t the first time the company has teased some of the currencies on its shortlist. As always though, there’s no telling when or whether those assets will make their way to the platform.

Canada’s top exchange Coinsquare could beat Coinbase to adding Ripple

Amidst speculation that popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is quietly working on adding Ripple (XRP) to its platform, Canada’s leading exchange desk, Coinsquare, has announced plans to integrate Ripple to its website in the near future.

In a televised interview on the local Business News Network (BNN), Coinsquare CEO Cole Diamond revealed that the company is eyeing to extend its line of cryptocurrencies with new additions – and Ripple is among the first ones on the agenda.

The Coinsquare boss said that cryptocurrencies that have their own blockchains will be first in line to get support on their platform. Among others, Diamond singled out Ripple and privacy-centered Monero (which has been garnering the attention of dark web drug lords as of recently ).

“We’re going to be adding Ripple, we’re going to be adding Monero,” Diamond stated during the interview. “We’re going to be adding other digital currencies that have their own blockchains and never did ICOs ( initial coin offerings ) – with the exception of Ethereum.”

Unfortunately, the CEO stopped short of laying out a roadmap for when these integrations will be completed.

Curiously, rumor has it that Ripple could similarly land on Coinbase in the coming months.

According to industry insiders, adding Ripple to the platform was a hot topic during the company’s Christmas party, with numerous employees discussing this possibility.

Unfortunately, most of these rumors have so far remained unsubstantiated.

We’ve reached out to Coinbase for comment and will update this piece accordingly should we hear back.

Interestingly, Coinbase was embroiled in a possible insider trading fiasco in December last year after it added Bitcoin Cash (BCH) to its platform. In light of an exorbitant surge in price shortly before BCH launched on the exchange, many speculated that certain employees were aware of this move ahead of the official announcement.

At the time, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong noted that the company has launched an internal investigation to determine whether there was any foul play involved.

Meanwhile, those curious to check out the full interview with Diamond can head to BNN’s website here . The moment where he discusses possible new additions to Coinsquare comes around the 5:30 minute mark.

CryptoKitties is coming to mobile so you can waste ETH right on your phone

Arguably one of the best uses of blockchain technology, virtual pet game CryptoKitties is coming to mobile soon.

For those out of the loop, CryptoKitties sees players buy, rear, breed, and sell virtual cats; the browser-based game was launched last November, and recorded more than $19 million worth of the cryptocurrency Ether (ETH) in trades on a network of 250,000 collectors.

Co-founder Benny Giang told Quartz that CryptoKitties will arrive for mobile in China and Singapore on February 16, the start of the Lunar New Year; it’ll subsequently become available across the globe, but there’s no set date for the worldwide release yet.

For veterans, the mobile launch will bring some interesting goodies, including a new ‘Gen 0’ cat that will be added to the game every 15 minutes, as well as ‘fancy cats’ with unique costumes.

However, it may not be easy for players in China to get in on the action: the country closed down all domestic cryptocurrency exchanges last year, and is expected to block access to foreign exchanges from within its borders as well. If they do have ETH, though, they – along with players elsewhere in the world – will be able to make transactions easily by using the upcoming wallet feature that’ll be baked into the game.

Finally, an easy way to make a meaningful use of your virtual fortune.