One of the largest currency exchanges headquartered in the United States, Coinbase, of which the Global Digital Asset Exchange (GDAX) platform is a part of, is now featured in the introductory video of Silicon Valley’s fifth season on HBO.

Over the past few years, cryptocurrencies seem to have been attracting the attention of the mainstream media throughout the world. Recently, “The Big Bang Theory”, one of the most-viewed TV shows, introduced bitcoin to its millions of viewers who had a chance to learn about cryptocurrencies.

Coinbase has been in the media for its blitzing developments. The company is now once again being talked about for being featured in HBO’s Silicon Valley Introductory video. Reddit and Twitter users pointed out the news on the social media platforms.

 

 

Being one of the most popular consumer-facing cryptocurrency exchanges in the United States, Coinbase has more than 10 million registered users on it.  Just a day ago, the company indicated its development efforts by announcing it will add support for ERC-20 tokens on its platform. The price of various tokens, including 0x and REP, surged on the announcement, alhtough no specific assets were mentioned.

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The American comedy television series updates its intro video every year and adds a few notable companies that have made a big impact in the Valley. Thus, the Silicon Valley season 5’s new intro video has proven the so-called ‘crypto craze’ in hitting San Francisco. In the video, the director added a stack of physical bitcoins with a Coinbase logo on the top. 

Coinbase has been an extremely successful company. According to reports, it generated over $1 billion in revenue in 2017. This growth was fueled by new users, as at one point last year the company was adding about 50,000 users per day. Over the US Thanksgiving holiday, it added 100,000 users in three days.

In the video, the creators clown Facebook for its recent data breach and Russian involvement scandals. The show mocks the social media titan by briefly converting it into Russian.It also added Uber and Lyft, which replaced Slack and Theranos.