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by ZGDUwpqEWpUZ 1168 days ago
It was a genuine question, and from your response I'm guessing the answer is "no". If you're wondering what provoked the question, it was the crying about "unregistered" ICOs - at that point it was clear that you're either a child or an adult with a child-like need for external authority to make you feel safe.

Pro-tip going forward in life: try not to throw out the baby with the bathwater.

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It's an irrelevant question and doesn't change my point at all.

In fact crypto bros like yourself are the ones asking for regulatory clarity, to which it is you that is in need of an external authority to save you from yourselves.

Because crypto and it's industry clearly cannot save itself, that's why it needs regulation. With or without regulation crypto will collapse anyway.

I didn't choose 15 at random.

It's unclear why you think putting words in my mouth is going to achieve anything. ICOs don't need any special regulations, existing contract law is fine.

Finally, I'm not sure why you've written "regulatory clarity" there. Of course we'd like the authorities to act in a predicable way, but that's an orthagonal issue to how restrictive those regulations should be. It feels like you're just throwing out phrases you don't quite understand.

> I didn't choose 15 at random.

So? Whether or not you chose 15 at random, it still does not change my point.

I still don't see the point you're trying to make here, crypto is completely unregulated and doesn't provide any benefit to society at all.

At best it needs to be pushed off shore, banned completely or both.

It is great to see this crypto exchange ceasing operations and getting the message that they are not welcome in the US, hopefully other countries will do the same and show crypto the door.