Many people see the act of Coinbase shutting off access to Wikileaks as some sort of company bias. Some may get the image in their mind that a table of Coinbase executives suddenly sat down and conspired to attack Wikileaks out of hatred for the work that they do. While i cannot confirm it, i do not believe this is the case. The legal structure of corporations, and the liability that is associated with the business they conduct is constantly being overlooked when making these kinds of judgement calls. Companies such as Coinbase and PayPal must remain vigilant for activities such as money laundering, sex trafficking, terrorist financing and a collective myriad of unsavory activities. The reason for this no doubt, is that in a court of law these companies will be held somewhat responsible for facilitating these activities. The consequences, as you can imagine are beyond steep. In the case of Wikileaks, it would seem that Coinbase is afraid that facilitating purchases made for Wikileaks products on their store could land them in legal hot water. That being said, as they are not facilitating contributions/donations to Wikileaks, rather product purchases that happen to give Wikileaks profit, i do not believe that Coinbase

should