According to the statement made by the US-based crypto money company Coinbase, Turkey has become one of the forty-two countries that have taken steps in this direction by sending information requests to the company this year.
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, with more than 73 million customers around the world, from the beginning of 2021 to the end of the third quarter States that have requested information on stock market users published the list.
In addition to Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Latvia, Hungary, Russia and Greece were included in the countries that requested information from the stock market for the first time in 2021.
Government and law enforcement agencies of different countries; can request information about their customers from Coinbase for reasons related to national security or civil, administrative, criminal situations. Requests sent to the company More than 70% with criminal proceedings it was about
Depending on the type of request sent to Coinbase, a certain customer his name, the IP address he used recently and payment information available to state officials.
The company has received 5,562 information requests so far, three of which were sent by the Turkish state. In terms of information requests sent, the USA is in the top three with 2,727, the UK with 1,444 and Germany with eight hundred and ninety.