The crypto exchange purchased Vector for an undisclosed amount, the latest acquisition by Coinbase in 2025 after Deribit, Echo and others.
Turner Wright
Turner Wright is a senior policy reporter at Coinpectra, focusing on US laws and regulations related to digital assets. He writes features and news stories for the website and Coinpectra Magazine, and is sometimes featured in one of the publication’s podcast series. He holds a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and started as a freelance journalist covering issues in Japan and around the world, joining the Coinpectra team in 2020. Turner has no crypto holdings above Coinpectra’s disclosure threshold of $1,000.
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