Coinbase Rejects WikiLeaks, WikiLeaks Calls for Boycott of Coinbase
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2018 8:07 am
Wikileaks is calling for a boycott of Coinbase after the latter removed the former’s gift shop from its platform.
Coinbase is a major American cryptocurrency exchange. It has processed almost $280 million in trading volumes in the last 24 hours.
Wikileaks is a non-profit organisation that publishes sensitive information gained from anonymous sources. Its founder, Australian Julian Assange, has lived inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012 because the US wants to extradite and try him for his role in publishing classified documents, and if he leaves he will be arrested.
The WikiLeaks shop sells merchandise such as clothing, clocks, and mousepads and ... (read more)