Coinbase has inked their largest deal with the Feds yet, signing a $1.36M contract to provide ICE with financial surveillance software.
Why?
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Even more bizarre is the acquisition they made and reputational hit they took to be able to offer this service to the government.
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ICYMI, Coinbase in early 2019 acquired a company called Neutrino to do blockchain analytics.
They knew at the time (according to official statements) that the people behind Neutrino had previously been part of Hacking Team - a company that helped dictators spy on journalists.
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Who even uses Coinbase these days? I never see people recommending it on the few forums I read.
Although, I am probably biased towards bitcoin in what I read... #deletecoinbase
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You don't even allow immigrants in the US to open a account with
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