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But wouldn't US laws apply when it is an American company or trade in the US?



Yes it does, hence why I gave both of them as examples above. Just take a look at AMEX history in regards to insider trading and foreign citizens, then tell me what SEC did in those cases. Coinbase is just the latest kid in the finance sector, with just a fraction of toys AMEX has palying with for decades already.

Let me put it this way. Coinbase is just a sliver of what money AMEX is trading and is used as dust in eyes to blind people at real insider trading that happens in real money makers, which are AMEX and the rest of well established banks. Good luck SEC doing anything about it.




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