The hash tag #deletecoinbase is ringing out across Twitter as some bitcoin users are closing their accounts on the exchange as a protest against Coinbase’s acquisition of Neutrino.
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The hash tag #deletecoinbase is ringing out across Twitter as some bitcoin users are closing their accounts on the exchange as a protest against Coinbase’s acquisition of Neutrino.
The issue
The issue is not to do with Neutrino per se but Neutrino executives: CTO Alberto Ornaghi, CEO Ginacarlo Russo, and CRO Marco Valleri. The three previously spearheaded the startup Hacking Team. The Hacking Team sold spyware to several governments that are well known for human rights abuses such as Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia. In Saudi Arabia this included working with the enforcement group accused in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. The Hacking Team website in Italy claims: «We believe that fighting crime should be easy: we provide effective, easy-to-use offensive technology to the worldwide law enforcement and intelligence communities.
