Cryptocurrencies
Canada Regulator Reportedly Flags Crypto CEO Tweets to Cops
Brian Armstrong, chief executive officer of Coinbase.
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The Ontario Securities Commission has flagged Twitter posts from the chief executives of cryptocurrency exchanges Kraken and Coinbase Global Inc. to law enforcement, The Logic reported.
Tweets from Kraken CEO Jesse Powell and Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong that criticized Canada’s emergency orders aimed at ending trucker protests that have roiled the nation and recommended the use of harder-to-seize non-custodial crypto wallets have been sent to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, The Logic reported on Friday. It cited the OSC, which is the regulatory agency that administers and enforces securities legislation in Ontario, Canada’s most-populous province.