Crypto exchange · United States
Coinbase
Coinbase Global, Inc. · coinbase.com (opens source in new tab)
Crypto readiness score
2/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-10-29
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | 35 | Live — commercial, within explicit scope · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 20 | Live — commercial, within explicit scope · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Custody & trading |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 5 | Last verified change 2026-10-28 |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Custody & trading · United States
Coinbase RLUSD trading and management (Prime, Exchange, Retail app)
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Live — commercial, within explicit scope2026-10-28
- commercial
- Live — commercial, within explicit scope2026-10-28
Ripple and Coinbase announced on 28 October 2026 that retail and institutional clients can trade and manage RLUSD on Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Exchange and the Coinbase Retail app, with 1:1 conversion from U.S. dollars and supported USD stablecoins.
Scope: Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Exchange and Coinbase Retail app; Coinbase Global Exchange later.
In tracker · last verified 2026-10-29
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
From tracker records and verified item text only. “Co-named” means both appear in the same source — open it for context. Full map
- BCV · named role (tracker) · RLUSD issuer group; liquidity provider on Base
- Ethereum · network stated (tracker)
- Xrp Ledger · network stated (tracker)
- Ethereum · co-named in verified item
Ripple and Coinbase bring RLUSD to Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Exchange and the Coinbase retail app
- Xrp Ledger · co-named in verified item
Ripple and Coinbase bring RLUSD to Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Exchange and the Coinbase retail app
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
None in our verified data.
Markets (from stated target markets): United States
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2026-10-28 · Status
RLUSD made available on Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Exchange and the Coinbase Retail app.
2026-10-28 · Item
Ripple and Coinbase bring RLUSD to Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Exchange and the Coinbase retail app
Ripple
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