Coinbase has moved the GROVE-USD trading pair into limit-only mode, meaning traders can place and cancel limit orders but cannot execute market orders against the pair. The shift took effect on July 6, 2026, the same day spot trading for GROVE officially launched on the exchange.
In English: if you want to buy or sell GROVE right now, you have to name your price. The exchange will not let you hit whatever price happens to be sitting in the order book at the moment you click.
What limit-only mode actually means
Coinbase applies this setting to newly listed or particularly volatile tokens to prevent the kind of chaotic price swings that happen when a flood of market orders meets a thin order book. During limit-only mode, buyers and sellers must specify an exact price.
GROVE was added to Coinbase’s listing roadmap on June 23, 2026, with the caveat that the actual launch depended on liquidity and technical readiness. About two weeks later, both conditions were apparently satisfied, and trading went live.
