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Crypto, like anything else, is legal unless it it outlawed. And it hasn't been. Only congress has the power to pass such a law.
by fallingknife 4y ago
Crypto, like anything else, is legal unless it it outlawed. And it hasn't been. Only congress has the power to pass such a law.
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- WalterSear 4y agoUnregistered securities are illegal.
- lacker 4y agoUnregistered securities are legal, you just can't sell them to the public. That is one possible outcome for crypto tokens - you could still own Ethereum, and one individual privately selling some to another individual would be legal, but companies like Coinbase wouldn't be allowed to sell it to the public.
- pcthrowaway 4y agoIsn't p2p selling of crypto illegal now though? I thought that's why localbitcoins got shut down.
- lacker 4y agoNo, if you want to sell some crypto to a friend of your, that's fine. I don't know why localbitcoins shut down, but it's perfectly consistent for "facilitating transactions at scale" to be illegal while "doing a single peer to peer transaction" is legal. That's how unregistered securities work, right? I am allowed to buy half of your small business, even though it isn't registered with the SEC. That doesn't mean you're allowed to sell stock in your small business and advertise that on the internet.
- jrm4 4y agoGreat, now prove crypto is a security. They haven't done this yet. I'm sure some fall under that definition, but some of the big boys, especially ETH, are at least ARGUABLY not, and the SEC simply hasn't done enough homework yet.
- re-thc 4y agoCrypto itself isn't illegal but why is it different? A real bank needs banking license and regulation and yet an "exchange" doesn't.