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Blaming “a gap in [Coinbase’s] diligence process,” CEO Brian Armstrong writes that Coinbase “did not properly evaluate everything from the perspective of our mission and values as a crypto company.”

Coinbase’s Director of Institutional Sales, Christine Sandler, said in an interview last week that, in part, the exchange acquired controversial software firm Neutrino because its prior blockchain analysis providers were selling customer data.

Among other issues, Reporters Without Borders labeled Hacking Team (the team behind Neutrino) as one of five “Enemies of the Internet” in 2013 for its role in humanitarian abuses against journalists.

With its analytical capabilities, Neutrino will help Coinbase add new features and tokens to the platform, while ensuring "compliance with local laws and regulations."

Coinbase has launched Coinbase Convert, a new feature that allows retail users to make direct crypto-to-crypto conversions on the exchange.

It seems likely that the recent movement of a large number of bitcoins was just part of a scheduled Coinbase platform maintenance.

Inbound transfers of the currency will begin at 10 p.m. PST on Thursday, November 29, 2018, though early deposits have already begun.

Coinbase Head of Sales Christine Sandler said that the increasing demand for OTC crypto trading made the move a must-have for the exchange.

On November 2, 2018, Coinbase announced that it would be integrating support for Basic Attention Token (BAT).

Coinbase plans to use the funding to "accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrencies," as it plans to remain the "entry-point into crypto" for millions of investors.