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UncleDiaz12

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UncleDiaz12··on SpaceX, Other Mega IPOs Denied Fast Index Entry by S&P
What are you talking about? Those index fund are constantly rebalancing. This is why you buy an index fund, so you don’t have to constantly rebalance your portfolio.
UncleDiaz12··on 20 years after 9/11: Will we ever stop taking our shoes off at airports?
Cruise ships do search you quite thoroughly before boarding, but they are looking for booze.
UncleDiaz12··on The New Europe With Lasting Peace (100 year old map)
Exactly my point.
UncleDiaz12··on The New Europe With Lasting Peace (100 year old map)
When has straight lines worked out without genocide?
UncleDiaz12··on What Bitcoin’s White Paper Got Right, Wrong and What We Still Don’t Know (2018)
Anti-Money Laundering laws only catch 0.5% of illicit funds, yet cost 100x the money recovered.

https://www.ledgerinsights.com/anti-money-laundering-has-les...

Also, the $10K threshold for additional AML scrutiny has been the same amount for nearly 50 years. It should be close to $50k in today's dollars due to inflation.

UncleDiaz12··on What Bitcoin’s White Paper Got Right, Wrong and What We Still Don’t Know (2018)
Are you serious?

I have sent multiple international wires over the years and money always goes missing either from the sending/receiving fees, or the intermediary bank in New York takes a small cut.

Maybe if you have an account with billions of $$$ then you get a special deal, but us normies have to pay.

UncleDiaz12··on Coinbase offers exit package for employees not comfortable with its mission
Seems to be a way to avoid possible future litigation.