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Goldman Sachs Is Setting Up a Cryptocurrency Trading Desk

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Re: Goldman Sachs Is Setting Up a Cryptocurrency Trading Desk

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You can't regulate cyptocurrencies. That's the beauty of the whole thing.

But you can regulate how banks can invest their money.

Regulations like that are just driving commerce away from the traditional system and into cryptocurrencies.

The further the regulators try to reach, the further their opponents move away. That's a game the regulators won't win. It ends with complete anonymity for everybody.

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In gold rush, you want to be person providing services to people chasing gold, instead of being person chasing the gold.

Today, an 80-year old client of a friend's financial services firm wrote: . "Hi. Thank you for your excellent stewardship of my retirement savings all these years. You have helped us change a lot of things, and weather some pretty terrific storms like the Fall of 2008. I am now focused on a higher risk-reward trade off, and will be entrusting my son to invest my assets into the brave new world of crypto currencies. W…

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post #93

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Today, an 80-year old client of a friend's financial services firm wrote: . "Hi. Thank you for your excellent stewardship of my retirement savings all these years. You have helped us change a lot of things, and weather some pretty terrific storms like the Fall of 2008. I am now focused on a higher risk-reward trade off, and will be entrusting my son to invest my assets into the brave new world of crypto currencies. W…

Can you transfer money to your son in the US? That should be tax evasion. Where I am from, that order would be totally illegal. ain't happening.

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Re: Goldman Sachs Is Setting Up a Cryptocurrency Trading Desk

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amateurs like Coinbase might speculate, but pros like GS use the Federal Reserve as their backstop its one of those "heads I win, tails you lose" scenarios...GS will keep the profits but if things go south, their losses can just be taken out of your local school budget

Explain for those not in the know, like me. I thought Goldman repaid their TARP bailout money?

It is complete baloney and has nothing to do with crypto.

Re: Goldman Sachs Is Setting Up a Cryptocurrency Trading Desk

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post #93

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Today, an 80-year old client of a friend's financial services firm wrote: . "Hi. Thank you for your excellent stewardship of my retirement savings all these years. You have helped us change a lot of things, and weather some pretty terrific storms like the Fall of 2008. I am now focused on a higher risk-reward trade off, and will be entrusting my son to invest my assets into the brave new world of crypto currencies. W…

Can you transfer money to your son in the US? That should be tax evasion. Where I am from, that order would be totally illegal. ain't happening.

I don't think that is illegal or tax evasion anywhere in the world. Depending on the amount and the jurisdiction and whether the son gains ownership of the funds (rather than just the power to invest them), the firm might have to report this transaction and the son might have to pay for taxes.

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post #93

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Today, an 80-year old client of a friend's financial services firm wrote: . "Hi. Thank you for your excellent stewardship of my retirement savings all these years. You have helped us change a lot of things, and weather some pretty terrific storms like the Fall of 2008. I am now focused on a higher risk-reward trade off, and will be entrusting my son to invest my assets into the brave new world of crypto currencies. W…

Can you transfer money to your son in the US? That should be tax evasion. Where I am from, that order would be totally illegal. ain't happening.

You can transfer money to whoever you want. All you need todo is to write a check.

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post #90

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amateurs like Coinbase might speculate, but pros like GS use the Federal Reserve as their backstop its one of those "heads I win, tails you lose" scenarios...GS will keep the profits but if things go south, their losses can just be taken out of your local school budget

Explain for those not in the know, like me. I thought Goldman repaid their TARP bailout money?

You're not supposed to bail out the failures in capitalism (i.e. so-called "crony capitalism").

Of course the companies getting billions in government support will win big and easily pay back their loans. If they didn't get TARP bailout, they would fail and better competitors would replace them.

Re: Goldman Sachs Is Setting Up a Cryptocurrency Trading Desk

#108
post #93

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Today, an 80-year old client of a friend's financial services firm wrote: . "Hi. Thank you for your excellent stewardship of my retirement savings all these years. You have helped us change a lot of things, and weather some pretty terrific storms like the Fall of 2008. I am now focused on a higher risk-reward trade off, and will be entrusting my son to invest my assets into the brave new world of crypto currencies. W…

Can you transfer money to your son in the US? That should be tax evasion. Where I am from, that order would be totally illegal. ain't happening.

I read that as moving to the son's control, not literally gifting the money to him.

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Isn't it mostly being manipulated by drug traffickers and money launderers right now?

mmm Yeah, it was true like 5 years ago Tech moves fast, you know ?

You think because it has mainstream acceptance and has spiked in value that the illegal activities all just cashed out and left? I'd say the opposite is more likely.

Re: Goldman Sachs Is Setting Up a Cryptocurrency Trading Desk

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post #93

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Today, an 80-year old client of a friend's financial services firm wrote: . "Hi. Thank you for your excellent stewardship of my retirement savings all these years. You have helped us change a lot of things, and weather some pretty terrific storms like the Fall of 2008. I am now focused on a higher risk-reward trade off, and will be entrusting my son to invest my assets into the brave new world of crypto currencies. W…

> I am now focused on a higher risk-reward trade off Yea, no kidding! The silver lining is that at 80, he won't have to live in penury for very long.

It makes sense from his perspective, yolo, plus it might be his son's inheritance anyway so what does the 80-year-old care?
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