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Re:Coinbase is launching support for the USDC stablecoin by celticninja on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @02:12PM (#18285888)
You can avoid gemini and coinbase if you use bitcoin. You cannot avoid them if you use USDC/GUSD.
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Re:Coinbase is launching support for the USDC stablecoin by hudon on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @03:03PM (#18286384)
When you say "use bitcoin", what do you mean?

edit: Perhaps the lesson here is the more useful something is, the less freedom you have in using it. After all, why would regulators care if you can "use bitcoin" when "use" means "play with my private keys".

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Re:Coinbase is launching support for the USDC stablecoin by richardknop on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @11:31PM (#18289503)
Transfer the bitcoin from your wallet to any other non Gemini/Coinbase wallet. Most crypto people have private wallets. You can also use something like localbitcoins or Bitcoin ATM. Or you can literally meet with a person selling something for a coffee, transfer BTC to their wallet, they wait few minutes for on chain confirmation, give you stuff you bought, done.
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Re:Coinbase is launching support for the USDC stablecoin by AgentME on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @07:12PM (#18288321)
Coinbase and Gemini aren't the only places that accept Bitcoin.
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