Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Accuses Apple Of Being Unfriendly With The Crypto Industry ⋆ ZyCrypto - BitcoinEthereumNews.com
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong believes there is a future where phone makers will build smartphones with crypto functionality in mind. However, the CEO has come out to say that one of the leading smartphone developers, Apple, remains a little hostile to the crypto industry. Smartphones With Crypto Functionality Over Hardware Wallets Sa isang Superteam podcast released two days ago interviewing Coinbase chief Brian Armstrong during his time in India, the executive called out Apple for being restrictive in its policy towards crypto apps and Coinbase specifically. Armstrong says the smartphone maker has baned several features built for the Coinbase app, stating that the company remained a little unfriendly with the nascent market. “Apple so far has not really played nice with crypto, they‘ve actually baned a bunch of features that we would like to have in the app, but they just won’t allow it … so theres potential antitrust issues there,” said the Coinbase CEO. The crypto executive made this statement while discussing the possibility of Coinbase launching hardware wallets. According to Armstrong, a future where crypto holders would want to carry an extra gadget for their digital assets seemed unlikely. However, Armstrong believes that with smartphones already in the hands of nearly everybody,