Coinbase exchange shakes up rules as it looks to boost cryptocurrency listings

One of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges has detailed new rules designed to speed up its listing processes whilst being more stringent on compliance, potentially boosting a wave of new dealing possibilities for cryptocurrencies and tokenised digital assets.

Coinbase, in a statement, explained how it would allow digital assets to be filtered according to “jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction” regulations.

The exchange is already a centre for trading bitcoin as well as alt-coins – for example, ethereum or litecoin – and, under the new proposal, groups seeking to list digital assets on the exchange will be assessed and categorised by the locations where they are permissible.

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“Our goal is to rapidly list all assets that meet our standards and are compliant with local law, while providing our customers with the tools to discover, evaluate, trade, and use digital…