Coinbase Gets Rid of ACH Fee: Coming Soon: 1% Flat Fee and Multi-Sig
Coinbase will soon be doing away with their $0.15 ACH fee charged on all buys and sells. The fifteen cent fee has long been a point of contention and Coinbase is making the move to bear the cost of interfacing with the legacy banking system themselves. In an Ask me Anything Coinbase AMA on Youtube, Coinbase heads Fred Ehrsam and Brian Armstrong have been asking user-generated questions pouring in from several social media founts. Ehrsam explained: Right now we pay miner's fees for our users. It's kind of the same idea. Most people probably don't want to think about them [the fees]. Also....
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