what was gdax 
gdax is the former name of the cryptocurrency exchange run by coinbase a popular broker for bitcoin and other digital assets unlike the in app purchases available through the coinbase wallet gdax was aimed at professional traders with tools to track price movements and set complex buy and sell orders the exchange was launched in 2015 under the name coinbase exchange and later rebranded to global digital asset exchange gdax in 2018 gdax was again rebranded to coinbase pro but kept its original functionality 1 in 2022 the exchange was rebranded once more becoming coinbase advanced trade 2 although gdax was launched with only a handful of major cryptocurrencies coinbase advanced trade now allows trading in hundreds of different virtual assets 3