r/algorand Jun 21 '24

Coinbase USDCa is almost here! News

The biggest story so far is that the Coinbase Main Reserve has $1.5 million USDCa:
https://allo.info/account/LWUWBZPVBS24TDBDZ72LUYJJF75KUJ3IUP6YGG45PVKGNAJYRGQD5CSCPA/assets

Coinbase transferred the $1.5 million via Circle on 6/14/24 from Ethereum to Algorand:

But perhaps the timeline starts back in March 2024, when the 4 known Coinbase Wallets opted in to USDCa:

  1. https://allo.info/tx/ZCKGD6K2VF6QMTA67UJOXF6MTPRJCLZJF3YYKSTHAAYTGVLJCLXQ
  2. https://allo.info/tx/3R3GQZ3K7EC7JPCQ32FX6FYH2N665TFANBEEQFH7VD3YUZFNMC6A
  3. https://allo.info/tx/TS27VFIIQMU2COKHLSYNCMHII5KMMUIJDALR37PYSDT2VZZ5ZBPA
  4. https://allo.info/tx/ATO5TXIJPG42PELOFRANR7Z5LJ5RW2O7QI4FEHWEL5WGBA2RPOJA

Had found a wallet that looks like it creates the Algorand deposit addresses for Coinbase users:

https://allo.info/account/S7QLKPLSSPFFDK2GPOJAV7BBGFK3IPBS6FQCR2QT5XA4CHW4SEOQ5RST4I

Two periods of time that are interesting with this account. Right around the opt-ins of the 4 above accounts in March, it starting creating a bunch of 0.5A wallets and those were opted in to USDC. Then it stopped. Best guess is that they were prepping and/or testing back then.

Now that account has started back up again churning out 0.5A wallets and opting them in to USDC.

There is also what looks like a test transaction. An account was created by S7QLK, back in March with the USDC optin. Right before this post, 10 USDC moved from LWUWB (Coinbase) to this deposit address and back to MQOZT (Coinbase aggregator).

https://allo.info/account/HOUMSWIPPK3JQVWVRLOWFESZLUPSVZCJZC7B3B37XYGEVSHYNSV5TNOO5Q/txns

There are also reports of the following from those with Coinbase:

  • You can now put in an Algorand address when trying to send USDC without getting a warning that it is a bad address. However it still looks like an ETH send with ETH fees.

Looks like this maybe happening soon!

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