WikiLeaks has announced that its shop has moved to using Canada’s Coinpayments after being blocked by Coinbase.
“WikiLeaksShop has moved to using Canada's Coinpayments and now accepts 420 types of crypto-coins, after US processor Coinbase non-transparently blocked it,” the company said in a Twitter post.
WikiLeaks also said its publishing arm has expanded its own Bitcoin and privacy coin system.
ANNOUNCE: @WikiLeaksShop has moved to using Canada's Coinpayments and now accepts 420 types of crypto-coins, after US processor Coinbase non-transparently blocked it. The WikiLeaks publishing arm has expanded its own Bitcoin & privacy coin system: https://t.co/lmsmphuH2N
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) April 24, 2018
WikiLeaks called for a boycott of Coinbase after the latter removed the WikiLeaks Shop - the whistleblower website’s merchandise outlet.
Coinbase, a large Californian Bitcoin processor, informed WikiLeaks on the 21st of April that the shop violates the exchange’s terms of service. No further explanation was given.
The WikiLeaks shop sells merchandise such as clothing, clocks, and mousepads and accepts a number of cryptocurrencies as payment.
By Siranush Ghazanchyan