CEO of Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, published a guide detailing the list of assets of the exchange.
Summary
- The CEO of Coinbase reveals the list of assets in 5 steps for transparent cryptography approvals
- The lists are based on merit, free and examined under conformity, compliance and safety
- Approved tokens deploy deposits, auctions and a complete activation of the exchanges
Armstrong posted on X that the guide was published to ensure transparency after receiving many questions about how cryptocurrencies are approved for trading.
The guide specifies that the lists are free and based on merit and that each asset is evaluated in relation to identical standards.
The Coinbase exchange list has five key steps
The registration process includes five separate steps:
- Apply with a Online questionnaire.
- Coinbase then estimates commercial factors such as market demand, community traction and technical integration requirements.
- The asset is then evaluated by, at least, our basic notices: legal, compliance and technical security
- The Coquerbase team then communicates with e-mail issuers and video / video calls.
- Finally, once the examination process is completed, the assets that are approved are eligible for negotiating on Coinbase Exchange.
Applications require complete documentation, which includes white pods, team backgrounds, tokenomics, source code links, block explorers and third-party audit results.
The Coinbase examination calendar varies depending on the complexity of the project and the exhaustiveness of the submission. Reasonable diligence on average tokens for a week, trading activated within two weeks of approval.
The total calendar generally remains less than 30 days from the initiation of the exam to the list, although this may be shorter or longer depending on various factors.
The tokens on the supported networks, in particular Ethereum, Base, Solana, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon and Avalanche, can be processed more quickly than projects on new or not sustained chains, which require personalized engineering work from zero.
Coinbase forces three basic opinions
Coinbase submits each asset to three compulsory basic opinions designed to protect customers and support market integrity.
The legal examination determines whether the token trade constitutes a transaction in securities within the framework of relevant competence frameworks. The conformity and attenuation of risks evaluate the distribution of tokens and activity on the chain to identify the financial risks and the safety risks of consumers.
Technical security journals are one of the most complete assessments that examine the contractual code, design and operational risks to decide on childcare and registration capacities.
For new block channels, this extends to the evaluation of technical design, consensus mechanisms, network resilience and governance models.
The exchange has highlighted common roadblocks that delay approvals. This includes public statements that have an impact on profiles of regulatory risks, excessive centralized control in the architecture of the protocol and incomplete applications without governance, tokenomics or technical documents.
Beyond basic journals, Coinbase assesses the market factors to decide on priority and the registration calendar. These include negotiation volume, market capitalization, liquidity, number of holders, active portfolios, total locked value, chain activity, community feeling and team history.
Approved assets are deploying a progressive market, starting with transfer deposits only to build liquidity. This is followed by an auction phase, collecting limit orders for at least 10 minutes to establish opening prices by discovery of natural prices.
