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But wait ... I thought Bitcoin was immune to regulators?
by vesinisa 5y ago
But wait ... I thought Bitcoin was immune to regulators?
- neilwilson 5y agoThis is about Banks holding them as asset backing for deposits, etc. as an alternative to the traditional Bonds, Loans and Reserves. It's not about the crypto-currency operation itself. It's whether they are worth anything in banking/accounting terms.
- chiefalchemist 5y agoFor now. Keep in mind, the question the status quo is wanting to answer is: "We can't simple stand still and forfeit our (fiancial) power, so how can we make this work for us?" They haven't squashed because it might be a and better opportunity for them. It will be a nudge by nudge process. This is a start. Nothing is off the table for them.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> how can we make this work for us? Which side of this debate do you think the City of London and Wall Street are on? Crypto has been a panacopia for finance.
- gnzoidberg 5y agoWhat's a panacopia?
- chiefalchemist 5y agoMy point is, legislation and regulation is a function of control. The lack of such things currently either means: - They already think they have the upper hand. - Or, it's too new and they haven't sorted out which scale and how much thumb pressure to apply. But the lack of regs atm is certainly not inductive of anyone's benevolence.
- saba2008 5y agoBitcoin is immune same way as hawala is immune. Regulators can push it underground, but it will still function and provide value, albeit on different scale.
- HappySweeney 5y agoHawala relies on trusted intermediaries to cash out. How would that happen with bitcoin? I doubt many legitimate uses would suffer back-alley transactions.
- saba2008 5y agoSame way, trusted cash exchange intermediaries. localbitcoins seems to be exactly this. And for bitcoin it is much easier than for traditional systems, as trust only need to cover exchange operation.