US cryptocurrency exchange giant Coinbase has just announced that it plans to combine its custody service with its newly launched over-the-counter (OTC) desk in order to facilitate cold storage trading.
The move is partly a response to requests by Coinbase customers who have been pushing for cold storage trading since the recent launch of the OTC desk, mainly in order to sidestep the additional movement of client funds online before they can be traded.
Coinbase launched its OTC cryptocurrency trading desk at the end of 2018 again reacting to “client demand”, as well as gearing towards broadening its customer base to include more institutional clients. Its cryptocurrency custody was launched in July of 2018 for much the same reason in order to attract large financial organizations to the exchange.
The new cold storage trading facility promises to a route to the future of trading according to Sam McIngvale, the CEO of Coinbase Custody, who sees this as “the defacto way to trade”. However, the newly-announced feature rather follows in the footsteps of blockchain security company BitGo who already launched their own custody trading product earlier this year.
There are those that feel that Coinbase Custody could be far better than BitGo for this simplified trading process, due to its pull on larger institutional clients; a potential client base which has firmly been in the San Francisco-based exchange’s sights for some time. John McAfee is one who has long viewed this client pool as a future crypto industry game changer; long predicted maybe, but as yet still yet to become reality.
Institutional investors are preparing to enter the cryptocurrency market with a vengeance. They are generally long term investors and will be pumping billions into the market. Expect the top ten coins to go through the roof fairly quickly. The bulk of alt coins will soon follow.
— John McAfee (@officialmcafee) May 21, 2018
This won’t stop Coinbase trying though, and cold storage trading is another step down that road.
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