0 sats \ 0 replies \ @super_testnet 26 Sep 2022 \ parent \ on: Is Voltage a regulatory time bomb? bitcoin
If the controls are "we don't want to" instead of "we can't do it" then it's custodial. What if I set up a bank and established a policy of "we don't let our employees touch customer funds" -- would that exempt me from needing a banking license? No. Amazon shouldn't get special treatment and neither should voltage. If they have access to unencrypted user keys in device memory then they are custodians of money.
(Btw I don't think licenses to transmit money or to do banking should exist in the first place. But custody exists and people who have it should be clear about it.)