Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by strofcon 1459 days ago
Key difference - Uber didn't break the law while wiping out entire life savings volumes.

I understand that's a much broader-scoped situation than mentioned in the article (who cares about one country getting certain regs enforced), but the point stands - coinbase is a literally Ponzi scheme, and comparing it to other "eventually became legal" business models seems disingenuous.