Re:First Bitcoin “mixer” penalized for violating anti-money ...
by jeremyjh on Monday October 19, 2020 @07:00PM
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No, there is another risk here. At some point Monero could be dropped by exchanges due to regulatory pressures or even perceived exposure, since every transaction involving it is untraceable they could find it impossible to implement future tracking and reporting requirements. This sort of thing is not unprecedented, just look at Poloniex (which never dealt in actual dollars, only Tethers) who finally gave up and banned all US custmers. This, of course, would devalue the currency.
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Re:First Bitcoin “mixer” penalized for violating anti-money ...
by digianarchist on Monday October 19, 2020 @09:19PM
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>At some point Monero could be dropped by exchanges due to regulatory pressures or even perceived exposure
Could be argued that it hasn't yet been picked up by exchanges for this reason.
Also, looking at the more corporate friendly Zcash which was dropped by Coinbase UK [0]. Likely from pressure from their banking partner ClearBank.
These coins won't last without a mechanism to covert to fiat.
[0] - https://www.coindesk.com/coinbase-uk-dropping-support-for-cr...
Re:First Bitcoin “mixer” penalized for violating anti-money ...
by RandomBacon on Monday October 19, 2020 @10:57PM
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> Could be argued that it hasn't yet been picked up by exchanges for this reason.
Monero is traded at Kraken, a U.S.-based exchange. Kraken even has a banking charter in Wyoming.