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Re:CFTC Orders Coinbase Inc. To Pay $6.5M Penalty by freeAgent on Friday March 19, 2021 @11:03PM (#26520476)
It’s easy to imagine that this anonymous employee may be Charlie Lee, creator of Litecoin.
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Re:CFTC Orders Coinbase Inc. To Pay $6.5M Penalty by wmf on Friday March 19, 2021 @11:19PM (#26520558)
The timeline for people who aren't familiar with this story:

Oct 2011: Charlie Lee created Litecoin

Jul 2013: Charlie Lee went to work for Coinbase

Aug 2016: GDAX (now known as Coinbase Pro) added support for Litecoin

Aug-Sep 2016: An unnamed Coinbase employee manipulated Litecoin trading volume on GDAX

May 2017: Coinbase retail added support for Litecoin, which doubled in price immediately

Jun 2017: Charlie Lee left Coinbase (presumably having accomplished his goal of getting Litecoin listed)

Dec 2017: Charlie Lee sold all his Litecoin near the all-time high

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Re:CFTC Orders Coinbase Inc. To Pay $6.5M Penalty by tehlike on Friday March 19, 2021 @11:12PM (#26520523)
Shhh.
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