Re:Paypal Withdraws from Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency
by HenryKissinger on Saturday October 05, 2019 @08:53AM
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If you can't convert your bitcoin into fiat, then your only option is to use your btcs to purchase goods and services directly, which would further disincentivize businesses from accepting bitcoin as a form of payment. And if you can't send fiat to an exchange, you can't increase your holdings.
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Re:Paypal Withdraws from Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency
by lawn on Saturday October 05, 2019 @11:57AM
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You can always buy and sell them in person for cash. Like how you buy drugs.
The point is the government can severely hurt Bitcoin adoption by making it illegal, but it cannot completely shut it down.
Re:Paypal Withdraws from Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency
by oceanplexian on Saturday October 05, 2019 @11:56PM
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You could simply convert bitcoin into fiat in the 200+ other countries that are not the United States.
Re:Paypal Withdraws from Facebook's Libra Cryptocurrency
by HenryKissinger on Sunday October 06, 2019 @10:07AM
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This would require you to open a foreign bank account, which you must tell the U.S. government about. Not telling them is a serious crime. See the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act