$1.6 billion cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is reportedly in talks to become a licensed brokerage firm

Anthony Harvey / Stringer Coinbase, a $1.6 billion cryptocurrency exchange, has approached regulators about registering as a licensed brokerage, according to The Wall Street Journal. Registering with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would allow Coinbase to exchange those cryptocurrencies that the feds determine to be securities. Though the cryptocurrency space has historically been anti-regulation, the SEC is clamping down. Coinbase, the $1.6 billion cryptocurrency exchange, has appr...