Why is anyone surprised by this? Coinbase sent an email out months ago saying they'd do this by Jan 1, 2018.
Dear Coinbase customer,
...
We are planning to have support for bitcoin cash by
January 1, 2018, assuming no additional risks emerge
during that time.
...
Thank you,
Coinbase Team
Am I crazy?
Edit: let me answer those who think I am crazy. BTC literally tripled overnight a few weeks ago when there was "speculation" about futures contracts. Price swings in the crypto world happen over the least sensible things. My assumption was that the news from Coinbase was actually helping prop up BCH all this time, and that may have been true. I guess I took for granted that it was a sure thing.
Edit: let me answer those who think I am crazy. BTC literally tripled overnight a few weeks ago when there was "speculation" about futures contracts. Price swings in the crypto world happen over the least sensible things. My assumption was that the news from Coinbase was actually helping prop up BCH all this time, and that may have been true. I guess I took for granted that it was a sure thing.