Odaily Planet Daily News The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear the Harper v. Faulkender case, which could have re-examined whether cryptocurrency exchanges must provide customer data to the government. The decision frustrated cryptocurrency companies such as Coinbase, which had hoped that the court would create a privacy exception for blockchain data similar to mobile phone records. In the case, Coinbase user James Harper's transaction records were obtained due to a large-scale IRS investigation. (Decrypt)