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Re:Crypto firm BlockFi files for bankruptcy as FTX fallout s... by tootie on Monday November 28, 2022 @05:09PM (#33780568)
That's what we call the No True Scotsman Fallacy. BlockFi was a crypto bank that promised unlimited returns by investing in crypto. Unregulated, untaxed, unmonitored, secret and opaque. An onramp to a federated market where deposits are tied to the value of the overall market for crypto holders. And it failed because it has no safety net by design. That's like saying Robinhood isn't the stock market.
Re:Crypto firm BlockFi files for bankruptcy as FTX fallout s... by woah on Wednesday November 30, 2022 @02:05PM (#33805869)
> That's like saying Robinhood isn't the stock market.

I feel like you're arguing against your own thesis here. If it had turned out that the CEO of Robinhood had YOLO'ed all the customer deposits on GameStop options, would we ask "is this the end of the stock market"?