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Coinbase has said in their blog that they are "Adding ERC20 Support to Coinbase".
Lets take a read over the GDAX process for adding new digital assets:
"An internal asset selection committee uses our Digital Asset Framework to make an initial recommendation of which new asset to add to GDAX. As part of this process, the committee will conduct a legal and risk assessment of the proposed asset."
The Digital Asset Framework PDF is here (https://www.gdax.com/static/digital-asset-framework-2017-11.pdf)
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Basically the PDF states:
1. Alot of the tokens can't be in the hands of a single person or company.
2. It has to be an open source product and a working product in beta at least.
3. The team has to be good. Not just one dude with a faux hawk and pearly whites.
4. The token needs a way to raise development funds besides the ico phase. Has to have a clear use for decentrailized network.
5. Does the product have a practical application in the real world. DentistCoin need not apply.
6. IT CANT BE A SECURITY under SEC Law. IT MUST COMPLY with AML laws. For this reason I will assume no privacy coins.
7. It cannot be an illegal business model. HeroinCoin... bruh...
8. It has to have good liquidity across many exchanges with fiat and crypto pairs.
9. Has to be worldwide not just a specific region.
10. Not created from a fork (basically). With a dedicated community of users and developers and with official forums.
So there are WAY more ERC20 tokens that have no chance at all of getting on Coinbase than do. Mostly due to numbers 1,3 and 6
Here are the ones I think have a good to great chance and tick all the boxes (sorted by largest Marketcap first)
Status - SNT
Basic Attention Token - BAT
Golem - GNT
Bancor - BNT
StorJ - STORJ
Civic - CVC
Those are all I think really have a good chance of being traded on GDAX/Coinbase. Now if Coinbase implements a standard way of storing any ERC20 token then any token could be added but this list is what could be traded and bought on coinbase. Big Difference.
NOTE: I would put OmiseGO - OMG in there also but it may fall under the security laws and not be able to be listed on Coinbase. But who knows.
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Disclaimer: This is not financial advice. This is just my opinion.