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It goes against what it was supposed to be, but at this point it would be better off all stored in a cold custodial like the fed or banks, and then we could just trade synthetic shares on a reputable exchange. Decentralized isn’t the feature most people are interested in.

The time a dozen crypto apps is baffling to me why anyone would trust them with their money.

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I can’t remember who first said it, but watching crypto evolve is like speedrunning why 150yr of securities laws, practices, and regulations exist.

Counterparty risk (including custodianship) is monstrous in crypto. It’s sort of amusingly ridiculous in the same way most tech trends that are trying to break the status quo stumble into the reasons certain rules and regulations exist.

there is some truth in that, but only some.. The adage that the media forms the message could hardly be more apt here. In the days of world sailing trade ships and financial arrangements, so many parts of the mechanisms were starkly different. The weaknesses and anti-patterns in the trade practice are very different then and now. right? Digital ledgers with public verification enable different weaknesses and anti-patterns, from the start.

If we are lucky, in 30 years we will have reinvented the stock exchanges of the 1950s!

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