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Coinbase wants to make sure it's letting in the right people.
The crypto exchange filed a patent application for a risk-analysis system for "cold restore requests" for digital wallets. With a cold restore, a user transfers cryptocurrency from "cold storage," or a physical hardware wallet kept offline, to "hot storage," or online storage, such as within a crypto exchange. (Think of it like storing money in a safe at home, versus in a bank.)
Source Fool.com