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Coinbase restrictions virtually ruined crypto dealer’s wedding ceremony

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A Coinbase consumer says that the crypto change almost scuppered his dream wedding ceremony after it positioned restrictions on his account that might have prevented him from paying for his first-choice venue.

CoinDesk author Griffin McShane claimed yesterday on X that his wedding ceremony was positioned in jeopardy after Coinbase froze his deposit withdrawals and positioned restrictions on his account for 2 months. 

McShane tagged Coinbase and mentioned, “Please explain to me how blocking access to my account for two months is protecting me because I can’t get any support information or support from your support team.”

Coinbase claimed McShane could have despatched crypto to a fraudulent particular person or platform.

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The submit rapidly picked up traction and Coinbase ultimately resolved McShane’s account points. Nevertheless, he claimed that this intervention was solely attainable because of the “support of friends on X and in web3.”

“I’m fortunate to have a network from working in the industry and people who were willing to help, but can’t imagine how this feels for people without the same support,” mentioned the relieved groom-to-be.

Earlier than it was resolved, McShane famous, “It’s absolutely insane that the only advice anyone can give me to resolve this issue is to tag Brian and Coinbase on X and hope they see it.”

Marriage ceremony submit raised wider Coinbase points

McShane’s submit resonated with plenty of disgruntled Coinbase customers. The Block co-founder Mike Dudas claimed his account was additionally restricted and that it additionally took a public tweet to resolve it. He additional claimed the identical points cropped up days later

Crypto sleuth ZachXBT additionally criticized the change, claiming, “Coinbase has a large fraud problem they have not disclosed publicly before and the ‘solution’ is falsely blocking legitimate users.”

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“Internally they need to provide more support to victims and actually act on intel instead of doing nothing with it where it gets lost bc of corporate inefficiencies,” he mentioned.

Others referred to as the problems at Coinbase “structural,” and struggled to understand how such a outstanding firm “can have such bad compliance/anti fraud policies.” Coinbase additionally obtained backlash final December for its VPN restrictions which some referred to as “lazy.”

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