{"id":361072,"date":"2025-01-28T19:22:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=361072"},"modified":"2025-01-28T19:22:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:52:29","slug":"brian-armstrong-says-coinbase-needs-to-rethink-listing-process-amid-onslaught-of-1000000-new-coins-a-week-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/brian-armstrong-says-coinbase-needs-to-rethink-listing-process-amid-onslaught-of-1000000-new-coins-a-week-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian Armstrong Says Coinbase Needs To Rethink Listing Process Amid Onslaught of ~1,000,000 New Coins a Week &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says that the crypto exchange will need to rethink how it lists new coins for trading given the never-ending stream of new tokens being created.<\/p>\n<p>Posting on the social media platform X, Armstrong <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brian_armstrong\/status\/1883329603239899346\">says<\/a> there are too many coins do conduct proper evaluation and that applying regulatory clarity to them on an individual basis is now \u201ctotally infeasible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe need to rethink our listing process at Coinbase given there are ~1 million tokens a week being created now and growing. High-quality problem to have, but evaluating each one by one is no longer feasible. And regulators need to understand that applying for approval for each one is totally infeasible at this point as well (they can\u2019t do 1 million a week). <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It needs to move from an allow list to a block list and utilize customer reviews\/automated scans of on-chain data etc. to help customers sift through.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>That and we\u2019ll continue integrating native DEX (decentralized exchange) support more deeply. Customers shouldn\u2019t need to know or care whether the trade is happening on a DEX or CEX (centralized exchange).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>According to Coinbase.com, there are 271 assets <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coinbase.com\/en-pt\/explore\/s\/listed\">available<\/a> for trading, but the number of tokens being created each day is skyrocketing exponentially.<\/p>\n<p>Coinbase director Conor Grogan <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jconorgrogan\/status\/1882833028113903996\">reports<\/a> that the crypto space is on track to have at least 100 million tokens in circulation by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brian_armstrong\/status\/1881163252983545996\">admitted<\/a> last week that Coinbase was caught off guard by the explosion of memecoins on Solana (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/solana\/\">SOL<\/a>), which <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/brian_armstrong\/status\/1881829100119322942\">bogged down<\/a> the blockchain and made it hard for the exchange to process withdrawals.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTeam is working hard on scaling our Solana infra now \u2013 lots of Solana activity last few days, we were not anticipating this level of surge\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s a scaling challenge keeping up with activity on Solana chain (which surged lately), not solvency. 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