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That's mostly what they are used for anyways amongst other purposes like hedging or leverage.


There's historical reasons why bucket shop gambling is illegal, and why derivatives are regulated.

Crypto is still speed running the past 150-years or so of financial misadventures.

And pointing at how the NYSE is becoming more of a casino doesn't validate crypto doing it as well.

Crypto is starting to look more and more like the det wire that could set off the next financial implosion.




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