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by berberous 4465 days ago
Oops, you are right, I totally read that too fast and didn't catch the allegation of "full" transaction history being provided "daily" for all users. That seems like way more detail than the IRS or FinCEN needs...even the FBI is likely more targeted than that.

Also, I should note I am no expert on this topic, I just think people would be very foolish to cheat on their taxes or commit financial crimes via Coinbase or any very large exchange. One should assume government prosecutors or tax collectors can and do access it just as easily as with the regular banking infrastructure (to whatever extent that is), even if they don't actually do so yet.