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Re:Binance Acquires FTX by yucky on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @01:36PM (#33522527)
If everybody walked into their bank right now to withdrawal, they couldn't cover either.

Right?

Re:Binance Acquires FTX by pcai on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @01:38PM (#33522559)
But their point was: FTX doesn't purport to be a bank
Re:Binance Acquires FTX by kikokikokiko on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @02:01PM (#33522834)
It doesn't purport to be a HUGE PONZI either, but... Just another normal day in crypto land.
Re:Binance Acquires FTX by astrange on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @05:07PM (#33524984)
I mean, the CEO does literally tell people he's running a Ponzi.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-25/sam-bankm...

Re:Binance Acquires FTX by kasey_junk on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @02:05PM (#33522894)
Re:Binance Acquires FTX by rhaway84773 on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @02:21PM (#33523096)
And that’s why banks are heavily regulated and get protections.

If FTX wanted protections against a bank run they could also choose to be regulated as a bank.

Cryptocons want us to both treat crypto scams as banks and not banks depending on what suits them in the moment, just like they want us to treat cryptocurrencies as assets or currencies based on what suits their argument in the moment.

All to hide the fact that it’s a mediocre technology which has been surpassed by many other technologies for most of its possible uses and is nothing more than a Ponzi scheme designed to enrich its original backers.

Re:Binance Acquires FTX by rchaud on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @03:09PM (#33523621)
You may as well say "if everybody jumped off a bridge at the same time...."

How many bank runs have there been in 2022 in the developed world?

The reason people don't try to pull their money out all at once is because their deposits are insured, because their bank pays into an insurance pool.

Re:Binance Acquires FTX by yucky on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @04:03PM (#33524258)

    The reason people don't try to pull their money out all at once is because their deposits are insured, because their bank pays into an insurance pool.
Only up to $250k.
Re:Binance Acquires FTX by smcl on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @04:53PM (#33524819)
https://fortune.com/2022/05/23/record-number-american-househ...

That wouldn't be a problem for the majority of Americans

Re:Binance Acquires FTX by astrange on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @05:09PM (#33525010)
If you go over $250k, you can just open accounts at other banks to keep being insured. Or get your own insurance I suppose.
Re:Binance Acquires FTX by smcl on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @05:55PM (#33525425)
My point was that if many would struggle to put together $400 in cash, they’re likely unaffected by a $250k upper limit on insured deposits
Re:Binance Acquires FTX by xmprt on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @08:20PM (#33526515)
How many people do you think have more than $250k in the bank? How many people do you think have more than $250k in FTX? It sounds like you're saying it's not good enough because 0.1% of people won't get the full benefit.
Re:Binance Acquires FTX by lmm on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @05:15PM (#33525066)
They'd cover it. They might need to call up the fed, but they'd cover it.