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Binance halts deposits and withdrawals for customers in the UK

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Re: Binance halts deposits and withdrawals for customers in the UK

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Crypto: Going from banking the unbanked to unbanking the banked!

As Taleb said on Balaji Srinivasan's comment on Fed not communicating about the rate increases earlier. If crypto people feel that the losses are because of Fed's actions, then they should also agree that the profits are because of Fed'a actions.

Re: Binance halts deposits and withdrawals for customers in the UK

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I think the real question is where their servers are.

I think the real question is where their money is.

I don't think they exchange/trade any fiat. In which case all their money is in Crypto, and resides on their servers and on cold wallets.

Re: Binance halts deposits and withdrawals for customers in the UK

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> The crypto industry has basically done a speed run of the history of banking and finance over the last decade or so. Does that mean it'll eventually eclipse and live in front of the current timeline of banking, so we'll see banking and finance following the crypto industry at one point, repeating the same mistake that happens in cryptocurrencies?

I think not. Once crypto scammers have retried everything from the history of fiat currency they'll just be in the same boat. But it would be funny if banks started encrypting my files and demanding ransom.

Ah, it seems you're one of many who confuses "crypto" with cryptography and cryptocurrency. Cryptography is used for encrypting your files, not cryptocurrency. But it's a easy mistake to make so don't feel bad over it.

Re: Binance halts deposits and withdrawals for customers in the UK

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I didn't know about that. I wonder how much money and/or tokens this is, in what amounts, and whether Binance can prove it (separate from other funds).

It is literally the first result in google. The wallet addresses are linked on this page: https://academy.binance.com/en/glossary/secure-asset-fund-fo...

How can we be sure that what's in those wallets is 10% of what it should be rather than 1%? AFAIK, none of the documents from Binance are public, especially regarding their finances.

Re: Binance halts deposits and withdrawals for customers in the UK

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post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think not. Once crypto scammers have retried everything from the history of fiat currency they'll just be in the same boat. But it would be funny if banks started encrypting my files and demanding ransom.

Ah, it seems you're one of many who confuses "crypto" with cryptography and cryptocurrency. Cryptography is used for encrypting your files, not cryptocurrency. But it's a easy mistake to make so don't feel bad over it.

gp is not confusing crypto/cryptography/cryptocurrency

They're making a jab at a large usage of cryptocurrency: payment for ransomware exploits

Re: Binance halts deposits and withdrawals for customers in the UK

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post #22

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I think the real question is where their money is.

I don't think they exchange/trade any fiat. In which case all their money is in Crypto, and resides on their servers and on cold wallets.

Bitfinex runs tether.

Re: Binance halts deposits and withdrawals for customers in the UK

#28
People outside the UK: Binance broke UK law by selling OTC crypto derivatives after they were made illegal.

This is why British people see all those “did you use Binance product X after Y date?” ads online. There's a bunch of people taking legal action against Binance UK.

Re: Binance halts deposits and withdrawals for customers in the UK

#30
post #7

Crypto: Going from banking the unbanked to unbanking the banked!

As Taleb said on Balaji Srinivasan's comment on Fed not communicating about the rate increases earlier. If crypto people feel that the losses are because of Fed's actions, then they should also agree that the profits are because of Fed'a actions.

LoL - profits are because they're geniuses - losses are because other people are dumb.

That's speculation 101.

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