Coinbase overview

Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase Global, Inc is a publicly traded company that supports Coinbase Exchange, a US based crypto spot exchange for institutional investors. The company created Exchange as a distinct offering, separate from the Retail/Individual Coinbase.com. Coinbase Exchange is not available for Individuals.

Coinbase user scenarios

Members of your trading firm must have a Trader ID and have the following Coinbase account credentials to connect to a Coinbase and trade via the TT platform:

• API key
• API secret
• Passphrase

If you are a Risk or Operations Administrator, you can set up a member of your trading firm with a Trader ID in TT and use one of the following accounts:

• their own Coinbase account
• a shared Coinbase account (portfolio)

If you trade for yourself and have administrator permissions in Setup, you can create a Trader ID in TT to assign your Coinbase API credentials to your Coinbase account.

Coinbase Setup Overview

You must complete the following steps to set up a trading firm member to trade Coinbase.

1. Create a Coinbase account and a wallet to fund the account (coinbase.com)
2. Set up Coinbase API credentials (coinbase.com)
3. Create a Coinbase connection
4. Create a TT Coinbase account
5. Create Coinbase Trader ID
6. Configure user access to Coinbase
7. Set up position risk limits for the account
8. Set up credit limits for the account
9. Set margin limits as needed