Why is this being billed as the "first U.S. Bitcoin exchange"? No doubt Coinbase will do a good job but it isn't the first or even the first regulated exchange based in the US. CampBX, Kraken, and Coinsetter are all based in the US and follow regulations.
If there actually is some distinction between what Coinbase is doing here and what the existing exchanges have been doing for some time I'd be interested to know what that is.
If there actually is some distinction between what Coinbase is doing here and what the existing exchanges have been doing for some time I'd be interested to know what that is.