What Coinbase’s Partnership With ICE Says About Bitcoin Surveillance
When details emerged about Coinbase’s blockchain analysis partnership with ICE, Bitcoiners were left wondering how safe their data really is.This is an opinion editorial by Justin Ehrenhofer, the vice president of operations and multi-coin Cake Wallet, a Bitcoin privacy educator and a moderator of the r/CryptoCurrency subreddit.Coinbase recently came under fire after a Freedom Of Information Act request from Tech Inquiry revealed details of its contract to provide U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with access to its blockchain analysis tool Coinbase Tracer.Coinbase agreed to....
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