US-based crypto exchange Coinbase has received regulatory approval to launch in the second-largest national economy in South America.

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Coinbase is taking on power players in politics and finance to advance the exchange’s interests under the Trump presidency.

Coinbase Global Inc. is adding Chris LaCivita, who was co-campaign manager for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, and former Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley to the largest US cryptocurrency exchange’s global advisory council.

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says 1 million new crypto coins are created every week, which makes evaluating each token difficult.

Coinbase executives Jesse Pollak and Paul Grewal took to X (formerly Twitter) to address one of the subjects that have brought major backlash on the exchange — the perceived arbitrariness of its token listing criteria.

Coinbase Global Inc.’s CEO said the company needs to rethink how it lists and evaluates the slew of new tokens getting created each week.

Crypto mobile wallet users reached 36M in Q4 2024, while stablecoin supply surged 18%, reflecting growing mainstream adoption and engagement.

As guidelines from the Trump administration trickle down, they will likely fall under these government agencies to implement.

With Gary Gensler's "Wild West" in the rearview mirror, a less combative approach to cryptocurrency looks likely to boost product innovation and investor adoption.

Major backers like Coinbase, a16z, Jump Crypto, Uniswap Labs, and Ripple Labs have doubled down on their commitment to electing pro-crypto candidates.