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Re:A Major Coinbase Milestone: 1 Million Consumer Wallets by makomk on Thursday February 27, 2014 @04:46PM (#7315354)
The law is fairly obviously not an answer though, given the context. The original question specifically asked what stops Coinbase from shutting down and taking everyone's money like MtGox did. It was just as illegal when MtGox did it, yet it happened anyway. (Actually, most of the other answers have the exact same problem.)
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Re:A Major Coinbase Milestone: 1 Million Consumer Wallets by gnaritas on Thursday February 27, 2014 @05:52PM (#7315834)
> The law is fairly obviously not an answer though, given the context.

You're free to think that, I'm free to think you're wrong. MtGox is in Japan, Coinbase isn't; the contexts are different.

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Re:A Major Coinbase Milestone: 1 Million Consumer Wallets by natrius on Thursday February 27, 2014 @06:44PM (#7316171)
If there is evidence that MtGox was complicit in the loss of their customers' Bitcoin, someone will go to jail, regardless of the jurisdiction. It's plain old theft.
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