A Note on Sources
I first encountered bitcoin and Coinbase in 2013. I was a reporter at the tech blog GigaOm, where I reported on collisions between law and technology—including the then-novel phenomenon of cryptocurrency. On a hot July day, I set out to investigate an event called Satoshi Square, which took place in a corner of New York’s Union Square. Believing I would need a bitcoin to participate, I bought one for $70 from Coinbase, intending to expense it. Happily, I forgot to do so and ended up holding on to it—and sold half of it later that year when the price hit what seemed to be an absurd high of $800.
Since then, I have been fascinated with cryptocurrency and the role Coinbase has played in bringing it to the general public. I have ...
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