The way it's usually done in the US is employees have a special brokerage account which is closely monitored (and probably won't let you trade during blackouts). Even if you had your own account on the side, the brokers would have caught it - this stuff is monitored very closely.
When it comes to crypto - all you need is an offshore exchange, of which there are plenty.
In all honesty, I don't know what is going on at Coinbase. It looks like a circus and I suspect its days are numbered. It is really depressing actually, not at all what the crypto community needs right now.
"In all honesty, I don't know what is going on at Coinbase. It looks like a circus and I suspect its days are numbered."
You must be joking. Coinbase is probably on track to be the most valuable company YC has ever invested in hands down. Their user growth is insane [0] at 2 million+ per month and a growth rate that appears to be doubling every month. They recently announced they had more users trading on their platform than Charles Schwab. [1] Schwab is a 70 Billion dollar company. I wouldn't be surprised if Coinbase ends up being bigger than YC's next three biggest hits combined.
Mtgox was done in by a pattern of criminal stupidity spanning years not some one off black swan event. Coinbase in contrast is a gold standard of professionalism.
When it comes to crypto - all you need is an offshore exchange, of which there are plenty.
In all honesty, I don't know what is going on at Coinbase. It looks like a circus and I suspect its days are numbered. It is really depressing actually, not at all what the crypto community needs right now.