Don't you just love it when a group of people decode that freedom is too risky for you?
A Targeted Report on Stablecoins and Unhosted Wallets will examine emerging risks associated with stablecoins, which have grown rapidly in global scale, reach and importance in recent years. It makes recommendations to help countries and the private sector mitigate risks, including where stablecoins are being moved through peer-to-peer transactions.
It's always risky to do what you want and not what you're told.
Also, "unhosted wallet" is the most cringe thing ever invented by EU bureaucrats.
Next up for ban:
All of those are already banned.
Really? I have all of these lol
They are banned for certain people or in certain circumstances!
Haven't we already lost "unhosted email"?
Cash is vanishing fast (in the US and China at least. I think the EU actually has a much stronger cash economy). So, "unhosted money" also seems to be on its way out (if it weren't for Bitcoin).
Not really, just unreasonable market share due to compliance checkmarks (that, for Azure, turned out to be meaningless and leaky af.)
Germany, yes, but that is the exception more than the rule throughout the EU. I haven't been in the US for a year now, but I'd say it's only a little less than in Germany. How do you tip the bell boy nowadays? Cashapp?
That's why they wrote a stupid report about unhosted wallets. It goes against zhe totalitarian goal of zhe bugz.
It's pretty weird how much tipping has moved to credit cards and payment apps. I'm sure you can tip your bellboy on your final bill (although I suspect such a thing breaks the whole point of tipping -- but the US is so whacked out on tipping these days that I'm not surprised).
I keep finding new places that refuse to accept cash here. Most recently, I was at a coffee shop that was only credit cards because of the penny shortage.
Europeans said that in the 70s and 80s ðŸ˜ðŸ˜‚
In TX? City, suburb or styx?
Mostly city. Some suburb. Haven't spent much time in the boonies lately, but I assume they are more cash friendly.
I think that's the trend globally, cities go cashless, rural areas resist
It is way too risky for me. Pls just lock me up already
The FATF's focus on "unhosted wallets" as AML risks highlights a fundamental tension: freedom and privacy versus regulatory control. Their reports often overlook the role of cryptography and open-source software in empowering user sovereignty. Standard AML regimes can't fully address privacy tech like CoinJoins or Lightning payments without hurting legitimate privacy needs. "Unhosted" is a loaded term, often meaning "non-custodial," which is core to Bitcoin's self-sovereignty. Greater nuance in these discussions would serve the community better.