Re:500k Bitcoins traded in 1h, Mt.Gox market hacked + crash
by sukuriant on Sunday June 19, 2011 @06:26PM
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I was under the understanding that not even real banks have all the money of their users on hand. What point are you trying to make?
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Re:500k Bitcoins traded in 1h, Mt.Gox market hacked + crash
by marshray on Sunday June 19, 2011 @07:01PM
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"Real banks" are highly regulated and in the US are backed up by the US government. I don't know of too many other entities that can handle other people's assets with such low reserve requirements without being considered fraudulent. If there are any, I suspect they're heavily regulated or at least exempted as a speculative private fund.