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This feels similar to buying a stock’s street name (a proxy for the actual share) vs directly registering a stock in your name. A key selling point of crypto ha
by tmountain 4y ago
This feels similar to buying a stock’s street name (a proxy for the actual share) vs directly registering a stock in your name. A key selling point of crypto has always been eliminating central control. If someone else is managing your keys, it’s a given that they’ll borrow against those entries in one way or another (putting the money to work so to speak). Risk assessment depends on which someone thinks is more likely, a lost key, or a default. We are living in some pretty wild times given that the later may trump the former.
- kasey_junk 4y agoIn the case of cede & co going bankrupt (a nearly impossible thought) your street side shares would not be used to settle their debts. You don’t need direct registration for that protection. The same is true for your brokerage.