Dublin is the Clear Choice for Coinbase as Its Second European Office

Crypto exchange Coinbase has announced that it is expanding its European presence into Dublin giving it access to Ireland’s growing crypto economy.

In the announcement released today, the San Francisco-based exchange said the move to open a new office in Dublin is part of its wider expansion into Europe. With its headquarters for Europe based in London, the move may also have been taken to offset the impact of Brexit.

However, speaking of the announcement, Zeeshan Feroz, U.K. CEO of Coinbase, said that the addition of the Dublin office will complement the operations in London, which will remain the exchange’s headquarters.

“When considering the location of our second European office, Dublin was the clear choice – it’s an English-speaking EU member state that boasts a diverse talent pool, entrepreneurial spirit, and long-standing support for technological innovation,” Feroz added.

As a result of rising customers with the exchange in the EU growing faster than any other market last year, the exchange said that it needed to look for the “best, most qualified and passionate talent” to deliver an open financial system.

“Dublin is a talent hotspot for companies like Coinbase as they scale and internationalise critical businesses operations,” said Martin Shanahan, CEO of IDA Ireland, the country’s inward investment agency. “We look forward to welcoming Coinbase into the Irish economy, and helping them access our talented pool of young professionals from the technology and financial services sectors.”

News of the Dublin office comes at a time when the crypto exchange is building its product out to different regions. In June, the platform announced that it was expanding its presence to Asia with a new office in Japan. At the time, it was noted that the Japanese office will lay the foundations for “Japan’s crypto investors to access a range of Coinbase’s products.”

In a bid to become more attractive to institutional investors it launched a suite of products in May. These include the Coinbase Custody, the Coinbase Markets, and its Coinbase Prime. Its Coinbase Pro is an evolution of its GDAX platform, which is specifically designed for individual traders.

Founded in 2012, the platform currently has five crypto assets available on it: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, and Ethereum Classic, which are available across 33 countries. Earlier this month, it announced that Ox (ZRX) was now available to trade on Coinbase Pro.