[Barrin92]

that's a feature and not a bug because a regulatory agency without leeway and too strict formal requirements in reality has no ability to deal with actors who know how to maneuver around them and is toothless.

That market participants don't know how far an agency can go is equivalent to Israel's nuclear policy, little bit of ambiguity and uncertainty has a deterrent effect. And if anything given how routinely market participants still abuse every little trick they can regulators aren't scary scary enough.

And no offense but you've got "fintech, commodities and digital assets" in your bio, are you by any chance making money off some underregulated crypto scheme and have been at the receiving end of regulatory action?

[vmception]

Hahaha good catch, no, have not been sanctioned by a financial regulator :) like, I would be defensive about that but its a routine question every financial institution asks during onboarding or account creation

I’ve felt similarly about these agencies long before I brushed against their purview