Coinbase Seeks 'Invasive' Details on US Bitcoin Mining Operations
Coinbase's compliance office is seeking to acquire operational information from bitcoin mining companies in a process that some of the sector's businesses are framing as an infringement on their trade secrets. MegaBigPower (MBP) and Bitmain report that Coinbase has asked for detailed information regarding their mining facilities, requesting time-stamped photographs and videos of mining facilities and details about the origin of the hardware the companies operate. An email dated 25th March sent to MBP owner Dave Carlson and obtained by CoinDesk stated: "As a followup to our previous....
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Coinbase's compliance office this week revealed that it in order to fully comply with regulations, the company was implementing new rules that would enable the exchange to acquire operational information from bitcoin mining companies. Of course, that mining companies weren't too happy to hear this. Besides going against all that bitcoin should stand for, it is also considered an attack on mining company's financial privacy. Immediately after being released, the community started to criticize these new rules, while Coinbase tried to excuse for the demands claiming it needed more....
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Coinbase Expanding in Europe
Coinbase Global Inc. (Nasdaq: COIN) is reportedly planning to expand operations in Europe, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing an interview with Nana Murugesan, Coinbase’s vice president of International and Business Development.
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