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Re:SEC Rejects Rule Change for Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund ... by leakybit on Friday March 10, 2017 @06:51PM (#13843166)
So I guess it's no different than the stock market.
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Re:SEC Rejects Rule Change for Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund ... by askmike on Friday March 10, 2017 @07:28PM (#13843354)
Very different actually, the stock markets are highly regulated. If you get caught dealing with penny stocks or insider trading you go to jail. One of the reasons the SEC didn't approve this ETF was because of the lack of regulation on exchanges.
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