Name: Coinbase Could Shut Down ETH Staking if Pressured by Regulators, CEO Says
Uploaded: 2022-08-18T16:45:23.000Z
Duration: 5 min 33 s
Description: Responding to a hypothetical scenario on Twitter, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said if regulators threatened the crypto exchange to censor Ethereum (ETH) transactions, he would rather shut down its ETH staking service to preserve the integrity of the blockchain network. "The Hash" panel discusses what this means ahead of Ethereum's historic transition to a proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus.

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CD20$2,053.620.60%BTC$77,068.430.48%ETH$2,095.171.05%XRP$1.340.94%SOL$84.880.97%

Coinbase Could Shut Down ETH Staking if Pressured by Regulators, CEO Says | CoinDesk Videos