NBA star Kevin Durant can’t unlock his Coinbase bitcoin account. \ stacker news ~bitcoin

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“We’ve yet to be able to track down his Coinbase account info, so we’ve never sold anything, and this bitcoin is just through the roof,” Kleiman said Tuesday at CNBC’s Game Plan conference in Los Angeles.

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134 sats \ 9 replies \ @SimpleStacker 3h

"Self custody is not everyone"

Looks like custodial is not for everyone either.

111 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 3h

Should have gone double custodial

118 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 3h

maybe he accidentally signed up with one of his burner accounts

120 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 3h

A distinct possibility

I don’t actually know how those accounts work. It’s surprising to me that they don’t have enough internal documentation to find his bitcoin.

I wonder if he’s mistaken about which exchange he used.

55 sats \ 5 replies \ @kepford 3h

This sounds like a nonsense story to me. Am I supposed to believe someone like him can't get Coinbase to give him access?

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Wumbo OP 3h

Coinbase, probably just wants to keep collect fees on the account forever.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 3h

What does that even mean?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Wumbo OP 2h

I don't use coinbase, so I am just making guess (that could be incorrect.)

The thought that came to my mind was, putting aside the possible bad PR (from the cnbc story) I would think Coinbase would rather have the BTC under their management vs it leaving the exchange. And therefor they may could be less then helpful in recovering an user account.

I don't know if they charge a monthly fee or not but I wonder what their abandon asset policy is and does it favor CoinBase or the customer?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 2h

To my knowledge they do not charge for anything but transactions. Been a long time since I have used the platform though.

I think there is something else going on here though. This sounds like nonsense that he can't get into his account.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 3h

“We’ve already been working directly with the Coinbase team on Kevin’s account recovery, which is why it was easy for me to make a joke about it on stage,” Kleiman said.

47 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 3h

Probably used a fake name.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 2h

Yep, that seems likely.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 1h

I don't remember exactly what you needed to sign up back then. That's around when I signed up for Coinbase, of course being a newbie idiot and not knowing any other place to go to buy Bitcoin. I don't think you had to upload any ID or anything, so likely just name, email address, address and phone number. So he probably definitely has alter egos he uses to not dox himself.

I remember reading once that Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam said he used to use the nym "Wes C. Attle" (West Seattle) to maintain privacy.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 2h

He should try forgot password -> username: easymoneysniper

89 sats \ 0 replies \ @88b0c423eb 3h

Lol, let he eat fiat.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @beameduplol 38m

It's funny how people know they should buy Bitcoin, but then don't keep in mind THE most basic rule: NYK NYC

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 4h

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @035736735e 3h

Kevin Durant's Bitcoin is like that ex who ghosts you but leaves you richer—agent's over here popping champagne while KD's still hunting for the login. 😂

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 3h

Maybe his Twitter alter ego can help

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @398ja 1h

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