The NBA striker Kevin Durant, again has access to his Bitcoin, after being locked from his Coinbase account for almost a decade. Meanwhile, the price of the BTC increased by more than 17,700%.
“We have obtained this account repair. The full account account,” said Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, responding to a viral tweet on during the access problems.
Recovery comes a few days after during and its trading partner, Rich Kleiman, discussed the lockout of the conference of the CNBC match plan. “It’s just a process that we could not understand,” said Kleiman. However, he noted: “Bitcoin continues to go up … So, I mean, it only took advantage of us.”
During bought Bitcoin in 2016 after heard of his teams then on the Golden State Warriors. At the time, Bitcoin exchanged between $ 360 and $ 1,000 and during the $ 650 per room.
It now oscillates nearly $ 116,000, according to CoinmarketCap data. Neither during nor Kleiman revealed the size of his assets.
During and Kleiman are investors in Coinbase and promoted the company via their media, Boardroom.
The episode comes in the middle of the growing frustration of certain Coinbase users, who allegedly alleged that they had faced similar problems to recover access to the account or obtain customer support help. Armstrong has recognized criticism on social networks, saying that the company “emphasizes the improvement of customer support.
