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by msellout 3723 days ago
Very difficult to establish the gain, because some of that gain requires estimating the counter-factual profits they would have made in various circumstances.
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They could just confiscate the fees charged on the transactions in question, surely that has been recorded.
That would be just part of the upside. It's like a gambler betting $10 on 1:8 odds if the real odds are 1:7. It's hard to measure the profits of being a good gambler.