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NewsBTC 2021-10-15 10:14:17

Charlie Lee Sums Up Litecoin’s 10 Years History. Part Five: Conflict Of Interest

It’s great that the founder decided to give us one more chapter of Litecoin‘s story. Let’s tie up loose ends and wrap this whole series with a bow on top. As it turns out, Charlie Lee returned to his job at Coinbase. Was the company more supportive this time around? Plus, as we warned you last time, at one point Lee sold all of his LTC. What were his reasons to do that? Did he have a plan? And, more importantly, did the plan work? Related Reading | Charlie Lee Sums Up Litecoin’s 10 Years History. Part Two: Exchanges + Betrayal Learn all of that and more in the concluding chapter of this legendary saga. Charlie Lee Vs. Coinbase, Round Two After successfully activating SegWit on Litecoin, Lee returned to his job at Coinbase. Ever the pioneer, this time he worked from home. The year was 2016. Once again, “given how successful the Ethereum launch was,” Charlie Lee tried to get Litecoin listed on Coinbase. “Brian reluctantly agreed to launch on GDAX only.” The predecessor to Coinbase Pro, GDAX stands for Global Digital Asset Exchange. The launch didn’t go as Lee hoped. Because there was no launch. “For reasons unknown to me, Brian & Fred refused to do a full launch on GDAX & Coinbase like we did with ETH.” Even though Charlie Lee helped design ETH’s launch, which was a moneymaker for the company. To make things worse, “Fred had refused to let Coinbase hold any LTC and due to conflict of interest.” Which, if you think a...

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