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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by twistiti on Saturday September 14, 2019 @04:53PM (#20973710)
Would it be a solution for you to buy foreign currencies with lower inflation amount (e.g. EUR)?
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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by azernik on Saturday September 14, 2019 @07:30PM (#20974524)
"capital controls" generally includes foreign exchange controls, i.e. restrictions on conversion to foreign currency and local use of foreign currency.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_exchange_controls

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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by meschi on Saturday September 14, 2019 @09:02PM (#20974895)
And why should this be different for a private currency controlled by facebook?
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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by austhrow743 on Saturday September 14, 2019 @10:34PM (#20975219)
It shouldn't. All capital control is terrible. It could be different though.
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Re:France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra by IGotThroughIt on Sunday September 15, 2019 @06:14PM (#20979770)
A lot of wealthy people do that. It isn't as straight forward though. It would be nice to be able to do so on the internet and for smaller amounts.
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