{"id":11703,"date":"2019-01-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/2019\/01\/08\/coinbase-prohibits-gab-social-network-from-trading-on-its-platform-for-the-second-time\/"},"modified":"2019-01-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T00:00:00","slug":"coinbase-prohibits-gab-social-network-from-trading-on-its-platform-for-the-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crypto-economy.com\/coinbase-prohibits-gab-social-network-from-trading-on-its-platform-for-the-second-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Coinbase prohibits Gab social network from trading on its platform for the second time"},"content":{"rendered":"
For the second time, the digital currency exchange headquartered in San Francisco, Coinbase<\/a><\/strong> has banned the social media network, Gab<\/a> <\/strong>and its CEO Andrew Torba from transacting on its platform. The announcement was posted on Gab\u2019s Twitter account just recently expressing its support for decentralized exchanges that run without centralized authority.<\/p>\n Coinbase also banned the American firm\u2019s Commerce account, hindering Gab from receiving Bitcoin<\/strong> [BTC] and other crypto coins as payment. Coinbase allowed Torba to withdraw his crypto holdings and U.S. dollar balance to external accounts before banning him. They did not however mention the specific reasons as to why it closed down Torba\u2019s account<\/p>\n Gab\u2019s business account on Coinbase was allegedly closed in December last year. With the social media network describes itself as a “social networks that champions free speech, individual liberty and the free flow of information online\u2019\u2019,<\/em><\/strong> Gab is well known for being the social network where people banned from mainstream platforms present their hate speech.<\/p>\n