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Re:Founder of crypto lender Celsius Network arrested, charge... by legitster on Thursday July 13, 2023 @02:30PM (#36713934)
The tax thing is overrated. Equities have to be traded through a brokerage and that's the real death knell for crypto.

If your dream is to be able to buy a pizza with bitcoin, having to do the transaction via your respective brokerages would not work.

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Re:Founder of crypto lender Celsius Network arrested, charge... by afterburner on Thursday July 13, 2023 @02:36PM (#36714010)
That dream has been dead for years. BTC is all about investment now.
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Re:Founder of crypto lender Celsius Network arrested, charge... by DennisP on Thursday July 13, 2023 @06:10PM (#36716795)
That's more true for bitcoin than for some other projects, but even bitcoin has the Lightning Network which they're attempting to use for payments using BTC.
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