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Coinbase blocked my account from buying and refused to explain themselves after I changed the phone number associated with Authy. If true (they refused to expl
by Zak 10y ago
Coinbase blocked my account from buying and refused to explain themselves after I changed the phone number associated with Authy.
If true (they refused to explain themselves, after all), that's an incredibly backwards approach for a company based on the (possible) future of money to take.
- herbst 10y agoNot sure where i got that from, i dont have that written. Coinbase was super nice but they had a issue with the API callback from Authy which did not reenable my account again. Coinbase however blocks accounts for gambling, but they usually mention the why.
- Zak 10y agoI didn't participate in any gambling or do business with somebody whose business includes gambling to my knowledge. I barely used the account at all after initially setting it up when building something for a client (an entirely non-shady company that you've probably heard of) that used their API. They said this: Unfortunately a manual review has determined that you are ineligible to use the Coinbase platform to purchase Bitcoin. We’re sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause. And when asked why, they said this: Sadly, I don’t have any information before me to answer as to why such a decision was taken, but this decision is final. The only thing I can think of that I did that might have been suspicious was to access the service from outside the US and switch Authy to a non-US phone number after previously using a US phone number.