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Re:The World's Biggest Wealth Manager Won't Touch Bitcoin by infecto on Friday November 17, 2017 @01:42PM (#15724759)
I think you would surprise yourself with that comment. Illegal operations do indeed rely heavily on banks.
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Re:The World's Biggest Wealth Manager Won't Touch Bitcoin by knz on Friday November 17, 2017 @01:48PM (#15724801)
> Illegal operations do indeed rely heavily on banks.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hsbc-probe/hsbc-became-ba...

As an example for anyone not familiar with these types of stories.

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Re:The World's Biggest Wealth Manager Won't Touch Bitcoin by iamthirsty on Friday November 17, 2017 @02:25PM (#15725184)
When I bought drugs in high school, it was usually in cash. Sure, I concede multi-million dollar operations may have bank help, but I don't think you're thinking about the full picture.
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