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s73ver_
on Jan 30, 2018
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U.S. Regulators to Subpoena Crypto Exchange Bitfin...
I cannot believe that, especially with that line in their TOS. Saying, "They're only saying that to skirt the law!" doesn't make things any better.
darawk
on Jan 30, 2018
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Well, it may not make things better from a moral perspective, but it does make things better from a value-of-tether perspective.
s73ver_
on Jan 31, 2018
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No, it very much doesn’t. If they’re willing to skirt laws for that, what makes you think they won’t skirt you?
darawk
on Jan 31, 2018
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You seem to be binarizing a non-binary thing. If they are
financially insolvent
that is objectively worse than if they have routed around some banking laws. The probability of repayment on one is much greater than the other.
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