Coinbase Wins Partial Victory Over IRS, Government Data Request Reduced

in bitcoin •  7 years ago 

Coinbase has won a partial victory in their ongoing legal battle with the IRS regarding the disclosure of private user information. According to Coinbase, the government initially sought records on over 500,000 users in their efforts to catch tax cheats.725_Ly9jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS9zdG9yYWdlL3VwbG9hZHMvdmlldy9iOTZiZGIzOTBhZjU5ZTAzNTFmYTg0MzEwMWJkYjE1Yi5qcGc=.jpg
After months of legal wrangling, Coinbase announced that the IRS has reduced their records request to only 14,000 users, a 97% reduction.

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Funny that it's framed like a 'victory' here, since up until now Coinbase didn't have to give anything. And now they will have to.