Debate is raging between cryptocurrency users who want less rules and greater fiscal autonomy, and politicians who feel oversight is needed to shield those users from the volatility of a decentralised system. The crypto space is on tenterhooks, as it waits to see which way the legislative winds will blow, said observers. CNA’s Benji Hyer reports.
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They can have their crypto. Just the name alone is a deterrent. CRYPTO boo.
I'll be sticking with tulip bulbs – and the passive 'mutual funds' that the great Benjamin Graham thought were perfectly adequate for the vast majority of us.
Governments should resist the temptation of issuing digital currencies; they are a threat to personal liberty – particularly in the USA.
Government regulation of crypto-currencies? Yes – but that should never extend to insuring 'investors' against their losses or shoring up operations like FTX.
Crypto is a sinkhole to traditional financial system… but it is also a reservoir. An alternative economy, a shadow if you will to check the mainstream economy. It will stay … hell yeah. it will even survive Global War or even Major Cataclysm, where fiat will lose all its value. So Central bank need to chill out before World War or Apocalypse turns out a reality.
Serves them right. Now they can be homeless together.
Crypto = scam.
fiat is going away for good hence tokenization is coming in albeit much up and down – get utility tokens still cheaper than bitcoin
Freedom of choice to lose big and well as win big. It is the quintessential dream. Instead of regulating they should provide some centralised regulated knowledge base so people can make informed choices.
First rule of colonising a new world… enforce some control over the natives and force them into designated areas…
"Eventually the system runs out of fools"
Ponzi for fools and scammers!
Don’t be so dumb you confuse the technology and setup with the Coin/cryptocurrency. The technology is useful, the coins are worthless. They always have been, and always will be, same as NFTs, nothing more than hype driven trash, similar to buying items in computer games then the game dies and a new game comes out. Worthless
Crypto with regulation annihilate the whole point of it's existence.
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CEO of DBS supports crypto. He needs to hold accountable for advocating it too.
A member of the public shares with TOC a letter from the grassroots advisor of his ward to announce the disbursement of Public Transport Vouchers (PTVs) by the Ministry of Transport (MOT).
Now, the question here is why is the grassroots advisor notifying the resident of the PTV disbursement instead of MOT itself.
Of course, one can justify that the MPs doubling up as grassroots advisors are well suited to issue the vouchers on behalf of the Government or Transport Ministry.
But if being an MP is the basis for sending the letter on behalf of MOT, why sign the letter off as the advisor instead of the MP?
Furthermore, it becomes tricky to justify in this manner when it comes to Aljunied GRC, Hougang SMC and Seng Kang GRC, where the grassroots advisors are not the elected MPs but appointees by the People’s Association that is headed by the Secretary General of People’s Action Party (PAP) and usually PAP’s losing candidate for the constituency.
At Aljunied GRC, Victor Lye, PAP’s losing candidate at the constituency, was one of those assisting in the handout of face masks, and he posted on his Facebook, saying “Many Singaporeans don’t realise the value of our community grassroots network, working hand in hand with Government including our SAF and Home Team to serve our People.”
No doubt, some of the less informed residents might even feel grateful to Lye for giving out the free masks in times of need when the masks are entirely funded by taxpayers’ monies through the national coffer.
And in the case of the PTVs handouts, residents who are unaware of the MOT’s role in the vouchers would likely jump to the conclusion that it is the grassroots advisers who are assisting them (using the taxpayers’ monies).
Everything lawless men invented are doomed to back fire.
“It brings into question the Trump-era deregulation of banks. The decision to roll back Dodd-Frank’s ‘too big to fail’ rules, reducing both oversight and capital requirements, seems to have contributed to SVB’s collapse.
“It appears that the deregulation has allowed banks like SVB to take reckless risks. Now there needs to be a serious conversation about reversing the law to shore-up confidence and to avoid further collapses.”
Trump got rid of the banking act Dodd-frank passed by Obama which is still a weak banking regulations cause bill Clinton got rid of a much stronger banking act Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 which further crash the banks in 2008
We urgently need to hold another meeting at Jekyll island.
YouTube and other social media platforms should be held more accountable for allowing the pump and dump scammers to run spam bots in the comments pushing whatever crypto is this weeks turn with fraudulent claims.
Cryptos are speedily going into their crypts. The catalyst for the coming banking contagion.
Bitcoin doesn't care. It makes no difference apart from a temporary transient drop in price. The Bitcoins don't disappear unlike the trillions in the banks. It just sits untouched, whilst forever becoming scarcer and more secure. Frankly I'm happy cryptobanks, crypto exchanges are being challenged or go out of business. There's no government bailout or deposit insurance. The survivors get stronger.
Eventually people are going to realise all they ever hear is bad news for the past 14 years and yet it still exists. On February 9th 2011 a bitcoin hit 1US dollar equivalency. Now it is up 2.6 million percent against the dollar. Does that sound like a Ponzi scheme or is it the US dollar.
Every one who has invested in crypto has been swindled by crypto influencers right here in Singapore..people have lost millions
3:20 "its fans argue…" lolol
There is bitcoin and everything else is a shitcoin
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😂😂 when he said fans, he was showing a literal fan. Obviously trolling this story
We don't need tighter regulations, we just need clearer ones.
Crypto is a back door waiting to be kicked in. Here are a few other reasons why I will never buy crypto.
1. It's dead money. There's no reinvestment, therefore no interest paid. You are loosing right off the bat to the tune of 6% because of inflation.
2. It enables crime.
3. Who do you call to recover your lost password?
4. …
16k went to 28k. where crash??? 2022 recap?
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Digital dollar backed by US government means US can manipulate their currency again by "printing" and selling digital currency bonds. Come on… The moment US is involved gaslighting is bound to happen.
I have said that crypto isn't a safe investment from day one .
Come on. Don't shift the focus away from those banks collapsing 😂
Bank is worst than crypto
The rich stay rich by spending like the poor and investing without hesitating then the poor stay poor by spending like the rich yet not investing like the rich
Let them all fall. Only the Fed can create money out of thin air.
Recent crashes = nearly 50% tear in a fortnight
Lol joker calling himself consultant 😂
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