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Re:Crypto firm Bitpanda lays off around 20% of its people by melenaboija on Friday June 24, 2022 @04:48PM (#31869101)
> “…crypto casino sector”

I would not call it casino. Casinos go through regulated scrutiny to test the games probabilities are accurate so you play against math, crypto is a an unregulated market so you (probably) play against or benefit of market inefficiencies.

Re:Crypto firm Bitpanda lays off around 20% of its people by bluelightning2k on Friday June 24, 2022 @05:25PM (#31869528)
At the end of a casino the chips can always be redeemed.

There is very little liquidity in crypto. And when one of the whales breaks rank and heads for the exit every other holder will be sitting on chips with some nominal value but absolutely no buyers.

Re:Crypto firm Bitpanda lays off around 20% of its people by melenaboija on Friday June 24, 2022 @05:32PM (#31869621)
Casinos are not just games where chips are exchanged between players and what is regulated is not how you play (casinos per se may do that, I don’t know) but that the game is fair and you can make informed decisions, ie in card games that all players have the same information which means the decks are not marked, contain a known distribution of cards,… That does not happen in inefficient markets.
Re:Crypto firm Bitpanda lays off around 20% of its people by tpmx on Friday June 24, 2022 @04:59PM (#31869234)
> Casinos go through regulated scrutiny to test the games probabilities are accurate so you play against math

That's only for physical games/machines, right?

Re:Crypto firm Bitpanda lays off around 20% of its people by melenaboija on Friday June 24, 2022 @05:11PM (#31869365)
I had in mind physical casinos so I would say yes but testing also depends on each country regulations. If I recall properly (I worked in the testing industry long time ago and with slot machines) the problem with online games for my country at that time was that there was some confusion on which regulation to apply for them as games where not played where they were hosted.
Re:Crypto firm Bitpanda lays off around 20% of its people by JohnHaugeland on Saturday June 25, 2022 @09:52AM (#31875306)
no