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Re:Coinbase booked $1B in revenue last year, has told hoveri... by aardvark291 on Monday January 22, 2018 @11:01PM (#16210881)
I agree that that's how it should work, but I wouldn't be surprised if Coinbase wasn't completely orthodox in their accounting. Replies below indicate that they may indeed be counting customer deposits as "revenue".
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Re:Coinbase booked $1B in revenue last year, has told hoveri... by sethgecko on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @04:52AM (#16212232)
They have like 20m users, that would mean $50 deposited per users so.. no
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