Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has said it will let go of Neutrino staff who previously worked at Hacking Team in a seeming bid to appease angry users. The company landed in hot water after it acquired Neutrino, an Italian blockchain analytics startup with ties to Hacking Team, a group known for their selling intrusion and surveillance capabilities to authoritarian regimes across the globe. Angry users revolted, urging others on social media to delete their accounts by spreading the hashtag #DeleteCoinbase. Now, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has said in a blog post that the company, together with Neutrino, will sever all ties with…
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