# Coinbase - a major player

**https://prime.coinbase.com/ Coinbase's professional trading platform for institutional clients**

[Coinbase and Circle announce the launch of USDC — a Digital Dollar](https://blog.coinbase.com/coinbase-and-circle-announce-the-launch-of-usdc-a-digital-dollar-2cd6548d237)

## [Coinbase Ventures](https://ventures.coinbase.com/)

> Empowering The Open Financial System. Coinbase Ventures invests in companies building the open financial system.

## FANG to fight strongly

["Amazon-Coin" Replacing Bitcoin?...And Other Small Business Tech News This Week](https://www.forbes.com/sites/quickerbettertech/2018/03/04/amazon-coin-replacing-bitcoin-and-other-small-business-tech-news-this-week/#7a6ee9ca4f65) a cryptocurrency verison of [Amazon Coin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Coin)

[What a Facebook Blockchain Token Might Look Like](https://www.coindesk.com/facebook-blockchain-token-might-look-like/)  by Michael J. Casey is chairman of CoinDesk's advisory board

## classic Tech incumbents

[Is Ethereum Apple? Or Is It IBM?](https://medium.com/tokenreport/is-ethereum-apple-or-is-it-ibm-c8190fa117b7)

# Parents

* Financial servicesEMCUMBENTS