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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
> https://www.bbc.com/news/explainers-51265169 >Michael Coscia in 2013. >Coscia was sentenced to three years in prison for spoofing futures markets using a specially designed computer program, making an estimat
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
Other markets are also rife with deceptive, arguably fraudulent practices so they should be policed first? The CFTC isn't even empowered to regulate those other markets.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
>Effectively it means anyone cancelling an order has to worry No, it really doesn't. This is a single enforcement action that probably took months or years to put together. The behavior being policed is traders entering thousands of
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
>Make orders non-cancellable for a certain period of time, Exactly, in a similar manner that the PDT 4 trades in 5 days rule is implemented.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
They are not irreplaceable but it would create the sort of inverse "moral hazard" that might stop these practices, which are apparently what's being protected.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
It's further enraging because people have been calling this out for years and mostly just been mocked and called conspiracy theorists for it.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
OP said M-16 not F-15.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
Lots of better players existed at the inception of VLC. Most existing players that worked at all were probably better. That's how most projects start off.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
Or the smartest move. They probably own more politicians than the NRA, the pharma ind, and and the aerospace ind combined.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
Unlike a firearm which has no intelligence or software, NSO retains significant control over their product.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
Standards, building codes, especially residential building codes. Any time violating code is effectively violating the law, codes should be free (online) or very very low cost (hard copy).
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
My wife's grandfather should have all of that through his VA, Medicare, and supplimental insurance. His hearing aids are the most annoying low quality overpriced pieces of crap you can imagine. And that stupid headphone amplifier thing
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
I don't think it was available until after hours, but don't kill me if I'm mistaken, I didn't try to buy any, nor have I paid that close of attention. My understanding is that it should be available on most brokers tomor
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
Yes, he has a website where he pats himself on the back for all of the good calls he's made. I've seen it. Ask yourself, why does a short seller need public confidence at all? It's because they want to be able to move the sto
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
1. Because that's market manipulation. 2. SEC did something to Musk, maybe you forgot, maybe you don't think it was enough, but they did something.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
ATH is 64.8k iirc, so nearing ATH but not there yet. Watch tomorrow, First day of open trading for BITO ETF, might see a new ATH.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
>Hindenburg is the real deal. Hindenburg is not the real deal. If you think Hindenburg is the real deal you should pay closer attention to their activities. They (he) are one of a number of noisy short sellers who try to drive stock pric
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
>Literally a reporter's job. And the governor's helping!
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
It's being discussed on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/recruitinghell/comments/q7mice/a_ne...
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
It wasn't luck. The price is frequently volatile but has trended up (to a great degree) since inception.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
KYC is only done once, at account creation.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
If you really need to minimize that risk then you coordinate the exchange on SMS or something. Intra-exchange transfers are instant. The risk is really low almost all of the time.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
We were aware of that as a possibility, but as I said in the post over several years of doing this we never lost more than the cost of a money order.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
Yeah, that's fair.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
One of the first real functional uses of Bitcoin in my family was as a way to send money to my nieces when they were in college. We used Coinbase accounts and moved money faster and cheaper than either the USPS or any money order company. W
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
I have some questions as to whether things are going well at Xsolla. They handle payments for Roblox, and I constantly have problems giving them money. I have three kids playing Roblox who each spend money there at least a couple of times p
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
>These dudes are a complete scam but as long as BTC goes to the moon nobody seems to care. Chuckles... I'm in danger.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
Of course not. They're hoping that a noise will some day coincide with a crime so then they can write a press release lauding the technology and the smart decision maker for buying it.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
> then it must be a purely one-directional flow of information. That's absolutely not possible.
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by fnordfnordfnord 5y ago
Yup, that's my understanding as well.

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