“Coinbase Bytes,” an email sent to exchange customers, landed in controversy.
Pepecoin fans and holders are not quite happy with the exchange’s statement.
Coinbase, one of the major cryptocurrency exchanges, might have offended the frog-themed crypto fans. In their weekly newsletter, the “Coinbase Bytes” email sent to the exchange customers landed in controversy.
The newsletter was based on the crazy sentiment the present crypto market is holding towards memecoin. And as given details about the evolution of the Pepe character used in the PEPE token, Coinbase stated the following description,
“The token is based on the Pepe the Frog meme, which first surfaced on the internet nearly 20 years ago as a comic-strip character. Over time it has been co-opted as a hate symbol by alt-right groups, according to the Anti-Defamation League.”
Pepecoin fans and holders are not quite happy with this statement, though. Twitter is carrying the heat of the #DELETECOINBASE hashtag. Pepe
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