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‘None of that is really an issue at Coinbase’: CEO Brian Armstrong talks about Binance without talking about Binance

Brian Armstrong, the founder and CEO of Coinbase, speaks on stage during an April conference in the U.K. (Credit: Carlos Jasso—Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Coinbase founder and CEO Brian Armstrong appeared to be throwing shade at Binance and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao, while speaking at a conference in New York City on Thursday.

“We’re engaged with just a civil matter. It’s kind of a technical issue about what is a commodity and what is a security. The court can help get clarity there,” he said, referring to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s recent lawsuit against Coinbase.

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