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It’s easy to imagine that this anonymous employee may be Charlie Lee, creator of Litecoin.

• tehlike 6y ago
  Shhh.
• wmf 6y ago
  The timeline for people who aren't familiar with this story: Oct 2011: Charlie Lee created Litecoin Jul 2013: Charlie Lee went to work for Coinbase Aug 2016: GDAX (now known as Coinbase Pro) added support for Litecoin Aug-Sep 2016: An unnamed Coinbase employee manipulated Litecoin trading volume on GDAX May 2017: Coinbase retail added support for Litecoin, which doubled in price immediately Jun 2017: Charlie Lee left Coinbase (presumably having accomplished his goal of getting Litecoin listed) Dec 2017: Charlie Lee sold all his Litecoin near the all-time high