[basisword]

What a childish response and a great way to invite future regulation. I’m not an Edge customer but if I was I wouldn’t be anymore. Why would I entrust my money with a company that ignores the law and responds in memes?

[ren_engineer]

>What a childish response and a great way to invite future regulation

why should private citizens have to lick the boots of government officials when they make stupid demands? They deserve mockery and being able to mock authority without fear of reprisal is the foundation of democracy

>I’m not an Edge customer but if I was I wouldn’t be anymore

you aren't their target market

[berberous]

They are not ignoring the law: “And most importantly, we can’t even if we wanted to.” Sounds like they are a non-custodial wallet or similar.

While they may truly believe the law is amoral and are in part happy to make that statement, this is primarily a marketing stunt for the pro-privacy and unseizable aspects of self-custodied crypto wallets.

[djbusby]

They should have opened with the facts. Then put the meme. Plus, that wasn't even the best "no" meme to choose.

[berberous]

I’ve never heard of them and everyone in this thread now has. I think they succeeded with the marketing stunt. If they led with the facts it wouldn’t have been as viral as it leverages people’s extreme interest in this political issue.

[basisword]

I’d never heard of them. Now I have and know to never use them.

[parkingrift]

You would rather store your money with an institution that would freely comply with a request to have your assets frozen without due process? To each their own, I guess.

[basisword]

I would prefer to store my money with an institution that follows the laws of my country. That seems pretty sensible.

[tastyfreeze]

What would you want your institution to do when the government decides that your money is no longer yours because you supported somebody they don't like?

That is what is happening here. A government attempt to silence dissidents.

[philistine]

Take a chill pill. The money is frozen, not seized.

[tastyfreeze]

If you don't have absolute control of your money it isn't yours.

[oh_sigh]

Is it against the law for a US company to say "No" to a "request" by the Canadian government? Does edge even have a presence in Canada or need to follow Canadian laws(if the request is actually a demand)?

[cldellow]

To me, it's not even clear from that article that Edge received a request from the Canadian government. This reads more as good PR / linkbait to get eyeballs.

[laverya]

Presumably because "government not able to seize my money" >>>>> "government able to seize money of my opponents". (I am not an Edge customer either)

[fallingknife]

It's amazing how many people don't understand "government can take money from people I don't like" == "government can take money from me"

[irthomasthomas]

I envy you that you aren't aware of the intimate relationship between crypto and memes. Cryptobros talk in memes. They love this.

Thumbing your nose to the legacy governments and establishment is de rigueur.