![]() ![]() NOW READ: Coinbase says ‘we screwed up’ after Pepe the Frog backlash Terra founder Do Kwon tells judge his finances are ‘average’ This did not provide the whole picture of the history of the meme and we apologize to the community.- paulgrewal.eth May 11, 2023 Yesterday we shared an overview of the $pepe meme coin to provide a fact-based picture of a trending topic. The apology was met by the crypto community with a mixture of virtual back-patting for owning the mistake, calls to list the memecoin if Coinbase was truly sorry, and the expected avalanche of Pepe memes. “We screwed up and we are sorry,” the chief legal officer tweeted, adding that the newsletter failed to reflect the full history of the meme. ![]() The Pepe community was quick to point out the varied history of the meme, including a 2016 campaign to cleanse the meme of negative associations in the wider internet community, which triggered Grewal’s apology. Memecoin PEPE continues decline despite Coinbase executive’s apologyĭespite an apology from Coinbase executive Paul Grewal, memecoin PEPE continues to drop in price, down 36% on the day to $0.000001165 as of this writing.Ĭoinbase came under fire on Thursday after a May 10 newsletter and web post by the exchange associated the coin’s eponymous Pepe the Frog meme with alt-right hate. The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Binance.US in March, slamming it with wilful evasion of federal law and operating an illegal digital asset derivatives exchange charges. Binance CEO CZ seeks to sell stake in Binance.USĮxchange Binance.US and its founder Changpeng Zhao are seeking ways to decrease his stake in the company amid a regulatory crackdown, The Information reported.ĬZ has tried to offload his stake since the summer of 2022, as Binance.US sought to lessen ties with global associate firm - and the world’s largest international crypto exchange - Binance Global.Įxecutives at Binance.US have deliberated lessening Zhao’s share as a way to up the company’s reputation as it faces increased scrutiny from US regulators, according to the publication. ![]()
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