Coinbase had previously announced to its customers that several large US banks had either changed the way they were
processing credit card purchases of cryptocurrencies or were banning their cardholders from using their credit cards to purchase cryptocurrencies.
Restrictions of several banks worldwide aimed at
limiting credit card purchases of cryptocurrencies can be seen as a refusal to take pains to actively work with cryptocurrency exchanges to ensure more transparency on fiat transactions, according to Glucksmann.
A Bank of America spokesperson also said in an email that the bank has decided to decline
credit card purchases of cryptocurrencies.
Similarly, Citigroup said in a statement that it has «made the decision to no longer permit
credit card purchases of cryptocurrency.»
«We currently decline
credit card purchases of cryptocurrency.