I think basel being a bunch of nontechnical old dudes, puts bitcoin and overall crypto in same bucket, probably along with stablecoins and nfts. Honestly I don't blame them, it's treacherous out there.
If so, then until bitcoin gets its own bucket these exageratedly bad nsfrs are probably justified if only to protect banking system from getting looted by crypto rug pulls.
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I think basel being a bunch of nontechnical old dudes, puts bitcoin and overall crypto in same bucket, probably along with stablecoins and nfts. Honestly I don't blame them, it's treacherous out there.
If so, then until bitcoin gets its own bucket these exageratedly bad nsfrs are probably justified if only to protect banking system from getting looted by crypto rug pulls.