Coinbase tells judge that buying crypto is just like collecting Beanie Babies

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• SeaJ@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Coinbase lawyer William Savitt said that when a cryptocurrency is bought, the buyer doesn’t gain any rights like they do when they buy stocks or bonds.

  “It’s the difference between buying Beanie Babies Inc. and buying Beanie Babies,” Savitt argued.

  Of all the examples he could have pulled out of his ass, that was the one he used? Is he just being completely mask off about it?

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  • EdibleFriend@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And I doubt this is something he just made up off the top of his head either. This was probably some rehearsed shit.

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    • Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Our product’s value is 100% speculative and owning it means nothing! No, wait…

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• hellothere@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “Not your keys, not your bitcoin” has been a saying for over a decade now and for good reason.

  Do not leave crypto on exchanges.

  People who are shocked about Coinbase saying this, honestly, shouldn’t be fucking about with crpto in the first place as they clearly do not understand what they are doing.

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  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The original purpose of crypto was to eliminate arbitrary trust relationships in financial systems. But immediately people started using it as a speculative asset and suddenly there was desire for trust in central infrastructure to be reintroduced. I wonder if you asked any of these crypto-believers who claim governments shouldn’t control currency how they feel about almost all crypto being held in exchanges.

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    • chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They’d give you an answer that’s incoherent to they’re supposed beliefs. The answer would be the one that reinforced their current position. Because that’s what they truly believe in. They want more wealth and power for themselves.

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• snekerpimp@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  NFTs are like buying beanie babies. Way to shoot yourself in the foot.

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• shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t buy Monero to collect it. I buy Monero to have freedom from being watched by banks and governments. I buy my groceries with it. I pay for things with it. I use it as a currency. Not for number go up. Bullshit.

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  • eskimofry@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If number go down you won’t be able to use it anymore right?

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    • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sure you will. A private online money will always be needed for something. If nothing else, just look at the dark net markets. Really, the best thing would be, number go up very slowly, or number stay the same.

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  • naeap@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m currently thinking about what I should do with my monero. How do you pay daily stuff with it?

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    • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Currently coinsbee a lot and a few of my friends will accept it as payment

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    • Hestia@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I find it harder to actually get more monero than it is to spend it.

      Cakewallet (a wallet app for Monero and other crypto) has a giftcard service that I’ve used before. It works well, but it was down for a little bit because of regulatory concerns.

      Monero is also pretty easy to convert to other Cryptos on non-kyc exchanges, so if a vendor accepts another crypto (USDT for example), it’s usually pretty easy to swap back and forth.

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  • joenforcer@midwest.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I buy Monero to have freedom from being watched by banks and governments.

    Boy, do I have some very, very bad news for you…

    arstechnica.com/…/how-a-27-year-old-busted-the-my…

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    • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That is Bitcoin though, not to Monero, and everybody should know that Bitcoin is traceable. I’ve certainly been aware of that for years.

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    • Artyom@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This was why they invented monero, and has been understood pretty much since the inception of Bitcoin. That article is a nothing burger.

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• just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wow

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  • Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’d go to one of his dinner parties tho.

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