Coinbase Reportedly Compensates Double Billing Victims with Bitcoin

Coinbase Reportedly Compensates Double Billing Victims with Bitcoin

[Note: Coinbase has confirmed that it is refunding all the 25 customers with direct ACH transfers.]. Coinbase has reportedly decided to compensate the victims of its double billing glitch with Bitcoin. According to an email acquired by the Altcoin Press, the San Francisco-based company lately had a technical issue on its platform, due to which it started charging customers twice for each Bitcoin purchasing order. The error affected around 25 Coinbase customers between August 28th and September 1st. But instead of reimbursing the wrongly debited funds back to their rightful owners, Coinbase....


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