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Insider crypto trading is a giant issue and it's extremely fucked up.
by beebmam 9y ago
Insider crypto trading is a giant issue and it's extremely fucked up.
- mrb 9y agoFYI: «Coinbase maintains a strict trading policy and internal guidelines for employees. Coinbase employees have been prohibited from trading in Bitcoin Cash for several weeks.» https://mobile.twitter.com/coinbase/status/943290391419174912 https://mobile.twitter.com/coinbase/status/94329039141917491...
- elliotec 9y agoOr what? They get caught (highly unlikely) and if so, fired (very wealthy now, and quite employable)? Hard to see a downside to breaking that "strict" rule.
- ringaroundthetx 9y agoThey get to graduate to running a hedge fund or an ICO for being a former Coinbase employee :)
- kbart 9y agoThey can simply ask a friend or buy them anonymously. I don't see how this rule could be enforced in practice.
- Cthulhu_ 9y agoThat's what crypto is about right? Libertarianism, crypto-anarchy, no governments or control because FREEDOM! You get what you ask for.
- crystaln 9y agoCryptocurrencies are not securities and not subject to insider trading or market manipulation regulations.