Coinbase Announces Five Possible New Assets, Makes No Guarantees For Trade Listing

San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that it is examining the addition of five new coins, according to a blog post published July 13.

The trading platform is exploring the possibility of adding new assets to its trading lists, including Cardano, Basic Attention Token, Stellar Lumens, Zcash, and 0x. Additionally, Coinbase said it will negotiate with local banks and regulators to add the assets to as many jurisdictions as possible.

In June, Coinbase announced it will support Ethereum Classic on their platform, after which the ETC price surged by more than 25 percent.

Coinbase noted that unlike adding ETC, which is technically akin to Ethereum, the new assets "Will require additional exploratory work." The exchange noted that it does not guarantee the new tokens will be listed for trading.

"We may also only enable certain ways to interact with these assets through our site, such as supporting only deposits and withdrawals from transparent Zcash addresses. Finally, some of these assets may be offered in other jurisdictions prior to being listed in the U.S.".

The exchange said that these assets require more detailed study, and have not yet determined when or whether these coins will become available on the platform.

Coinbase further states that "Some of these assets may become available everywhere, while others may only be supported in specific jurisdictions."

In March, Coinbase announced its intention to support ERC20 tokens on its exchange.

The company said then that its decision to add ERC20 "Paves the way for supporting ERC20 assets across Coinbase products in the future."

Currently, Coinbase supports four different assets, which are Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and Litecoin.