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Nasdaq 'Would Consider' Creating a Crypto Exchange, Says CEO (coindesk.com)
The CEO of Nasdaq suggested Wednesday that the company could open a cryptocurrency exchange in the future. From a report: The subject came up in an interview with CNBC, during which CEO Adena Friedman expressed openness to the idea. "Certainly Nasdaq would consider becoming a crypto exchange over time," Friedman remarked, adding: "If we do look at it and say 'it's time, people are ready for a more regulated market,' for something that provides a fair experience for investors... I believe that digital currencies will continue to persist it's just a matter of how long it will take for that space to mature. Once you look at it and say, 'do we want to provide a regulated market for this?' Certainly Nasdaq would consider it."
Being an exchange is zero risk, and you get a slice of all the action. No need to worry about the latest mining hardware, or losing your shirt in the wildly unstable cryptocurrency market.
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Maybe we can push more ICOs. Lets also repackage these ICOs into derivatives and roll them into every security that is being sold. Then gamble on futures using hedge funds with borrowed money.
What could possibly go wrong?
Nasdaq "would consider" selling your grandma into slavery if it were deemed profitable and the the regulatory environment shifted / was purchased appropriately.
What value do these crypto currencies even create? I just dont understand it. Atleast "real" currency sort of has some government backing to it. Maybe wrong wording for it but I dont get what value there is in crypto currencies.
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As many people have already said: "Crypto currencies are the single biggest threat to our freedom. It puts far too much power in far too few hands. It's so much power that it demands an immediate military response on any organization or government agency that even attempts to force it's use."
It doesn't take a lot of imagination to realize that those that control the block chain have full access to the ledger, otherwise there is no reason to put it in a block chain.
As banks and credit card companies can already put a stop payment on any credit card purchase you make, be it food or gas, you should have no doubt that a brand new block chain based crypto currency would have the same capabilities.
It can be good in stopping a real bad guy, but what happens if a Pol-pot or a Hitler end up in power? If he decides you and your first born child are to be put to death, will you comply, run, or fight? Compliance is out of the question, and running won't work as they will know exactly where you are when you try to buy gas from Shell Station 27 or a sandwich from Burger King 173. The stormtroopers will be all over you.
Actually, they don't even need to send any. They will simply prevent you from buying any food, water, medicine, shelter, gas, and will remotely inform you to report to the local police station.
And what if you decide to fight? Do you really think they will let you buy guns and ammo? At the very least, they will see a pattern of what you are doing, and will match it with other people doing the same thing in that area.
What if your not doing anything wrong? They can still use it to infringe on your freedom. Imagine buying a Starbucks drink in Ohio for 5 coins, but as soon as you cross the state line, the same thing will cost you 50 coins. Not everybody else, just you. That way they can control your location but will pretend you have the freedom to travel.
Crypto currencies will not be tolerated under any circumstances.
if slavery wasn't against the law. They'll do whatever makes money and to devil with consequences.
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Are (any) fiat-currency and (any) cryptocurrency really equivalent, as cryptocurrency fans claim?
For example, US Dollar and Bitcoin are really equals?
Value/validity/authorization of US dollar is provided/guaranteed by US Government (and in-turn whole US Public)!
Also, not to mention, US Dollars in any US Bank is insured by US Government!
What authorization/guarantee/insurance is behind Bitcoin? Nothing!
Sorry but that is the end of discussion then!
Why do you think Satoshi Nakamoto is really hiding his identity, if Bitcoin is really such a great innovation?
He is just someone does not like media/fan attention?
Or, could it be really because Bitcoin (and all cryptocurrencies followed it) are actually Ponzi Schemes?
(So he knew very well that law enforcement would come after him sooner or later?!)
If so-called cryptocurrencies are really good innovation, why they attract so many criminals/criminal activity?
Could it really be because, all cryptocurrencies themselves are scams, and that is why they attract all kinds of criminals/criminal activity?
If so-called cryptocurrencies are really currency, why no company/store can use Bitcoin as currency anymore?
Because the price of Bitcoin proved to be extremely unstable to use as a currency?
Would the result be different, if Bitcoin replaced by any other "cryptocurrency"?
Aren't all work the same way?
If so-called cryptocurrencies are really money; isn't people issuing their own money, illegal already, in all countries?
If so then, why they are still not banned in all countries?
Or, they are not actually virtual currency but virtual investment?
But, if they are actually investment, why we need/want them?
What would happen to world economy, if people invested in virtual investments, instead of real investments?
Or, all so-called cryptocurrencies are actually just a modified (made decentralized and paying variable interest) Ponzi Schemes?
(Price of cryptocurrencies would keep increasing in the long term (by their design), so it is equivalent of paying variable interest to all long term investors.)
As more and more people invest in cryptocurrencies, it will become harder and harder to ban their trading everywhere!
All cryptocurrencies need to be banned globally before it is too late!
Why would they care what is being brokered? Whether people are throwing futures around as casino chips or digital tokens, they live off the fees.
How much of the cryptomarket is based on trust in coinbase? It's highly centralized as it is. Tulips are more relevant to crypto than trust in proof-of-work.
And at the speed-of-light trading where they can buy and sell magnitudes faster than the punter from a home computer. Basically profiting from the s
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NASDAQ and Ponzi scemes are synonymous. Why did it take them so long to get into the latest scam?