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Crypto lending company Babel Finance halts redemptions and withdrawals

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Re: Crypto lending company Babel Finance halts redemptions and withdrawals

#13

That's what you get in a zero-interest rate environment with no industrial policy. Building physical infrastructure would cost real-world money and cut into profits, hence what you end up with is virtual casinos. No one is better off with that. At least in the runup to 2008 there was housing built speculatively, but since then there has been no productive investment at all.

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Re: Crypto lending company Babel Finance halts redemptions and withdrawals

#14

That's what you get in a zero-interest rate environment with no industrial policy. Building physical infrastructure would cost real-world money and cut into profits, hence what you end up with is virtual casinos. No one is better off with that. At least in the runup to 2008 there was housing built speculatively, but since then there has been no productive investment at all.

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Re: Crypto lending company Babel Finance halts redemptions and withdrawals

#19

I found it amusing that this notice says "Due to the current situation, Babel Finance is facing unusual liquidity pressures" and their homepage says "Seeking Certainty in Uncertainty".

Naming your company after a failed experiment is also an ironic choice.

What’s next… Icarus Investments?

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