Re:U.S. FDIC tells Signature crypto clients to close account...
by lxgr on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @10:35PM
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Are you saying that the Fed should rather not modernize its payment services in order to offer a viable alternative to one of crypto's biggest purported advantages (being able to transact 24/7 with high finality/durability)?
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Re:U.S. FDIC tells Signature crypto clients to close account...
by chatmasta on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @11:25PM
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I don't want to live in a cashless society, and I will resist CBDCs because of all the civil rights violations they enable and make easier. I have absolutely zero desire to transact with other individuals through some dystopian, government-facilitated digital payments system.
Re:U.S. FDIC tells Signature crypto clients to close account...
by lxgr on Wednesday March 29, 2023 @01:23PM
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Iād also prefer if cash stayed around (and ideally be augmented with privacy-preserving digital equivalents that strike a balance with valid state interests such as avoiding tax evasion).
But keeping wire transfers and ACH expensive and/or painful seems like a terrible way of achieving that.