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As XRP trading went fully live on Coinbase Pro, a new report outlines that the cryptocurrency exchange has violated its very own listing framework.Â
Coinbase Breaching Its Own Rules
XRP trading went live on Coinbase Pro on February 25th. Formerly known as GDAX, the platform provides traders with more advanced features compared to the regular one known as just Coinbase.
Naturally, the price of XRPÂ 00 surged following the announcement, gaining over 10 percent on the news.
A new report by Diar, however, points out that Coinbase Pro has breached its very own listing policies in order to include XRP in its trading portfolio.
According to GDAXâs Digital Asset Framework, one of the considerations Coinbase evaluates prior to listing a new cryptocurrency is team ownership. More specifically, the document reads:
The ownership stake retained by the team is a minority stake.
Diar, on the other hand, argues that Ripple âholds nearly 60% of the supply in escrow with a release schedule.â
Itâs also worth noting in January, cryptocurrency data company Messari issued a report suggesting that Ripple may be overstating the digital tokenâs real market cap by as much as 47 percent.
Was the Listing Paid For?
Meanwhile, investor and entrepreneur as well as popular Bitcoin proponent, Alistair Milne, revealed a conversation between him and Elliot Suthers, Director of Communications at Coinbase.
Milne asked the high ranked official about the amount of XRP Ripple paid to Coinbase in return for the listing, what are the selling restrictions on that amount, and whether Coinbase has consulted with the SEC/CFTC whether itâs âOK to sell a security.â
What followed was an ambiguous lack of confirmation or denial:
âHappy to discuss this off the record, but weâre not discussing publicly,â said Suthers.
Did Ripple pay Coinbase for their token being listed?"we're not discussing publicly"#xrp #youregoddamnrighttheydid pic.twitter.com/cuuxWGt6ch
â Alistair Milne (@alistairmilne) February 26, 2019
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