Coinbase now recognizes Bitcoin cash, but why wait till January 1st, 2018 to get yours?

in news •  7 years ago 

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In a breaking news, coinbase has reversed its previous decision not to support bitcoin cash, and has now announced that as from 1st of January, 2018 those coinbase users who had bitcoins in their coinbase wallets as at the time of the bitcoin fork on 1st August 2017 will have access to withdraw their bitcoin cash.

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Why wait that long? They obviously have their reasons. Read more on that below:

Sources:
https://news.bitcoin.com/coinbase-bitcoin-cash-withdrawals-january-2018/?utm_source=OneSignal%20Push&utm_medium=notification&utm_campaign=Push%20Notifications

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Maybe they are holding it to gain interest on it :)

I think they are giving bitcoin cash six months to see if the coin will die out or live on

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i think the only reason they are doing it is that so they can avoid class action lawsuit

Exactly so... Coinbase hmmmm