justin.framedl.eth
@ahn.eth
monsieur makes $50m on an open platform and the french gov's first move is ban hammer how can we can more /europoooooor than this? 🫠
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patxol 🔷 anser.social
@patxol.eth
Let me disagree https://warpcast.com/patxol.eth/0xd2ec7664 Trying to sneak under regulations is not the way to go for crypto IMO.
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justin.framedl.eth
@ahn.eth
though i don't disagree that regulators are gonna regulate regardless, i think your own cast is contrary to your reply - guy uses polymarket as you suggest, whether to "sneak under regulations" or not i do not know; and if the first state response is 'we must ban this tool,' then i don't think web3 has a bright future in europe... i personally didn't get into web3 just to built tools that are tradfi 2.0 and built to be arbitrarily compliant to a region i may or may not serve
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patxol 🔷 anser.social
@patxol.eth
Offering bets and gambling is not forbidden in France, it is regulated. If you operate a casino in your basement, chances are you will be raided soon. The whole story is just a journalist click bait. If you operate a gambling website now without the proper authorisations, it will be taken down, crypto or not.
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justin.framedl.eth
@ahn.eth
i told you, i agree with you re: the regulators, their function is to regulate however, i don't agree with you that building crypto products to meet regulator expectations is the way to grow crypto; and as such, i don't think france/europe can take any lead as a web3 hotbed if every time an "app" runs afoul of existing regulations then the immediate reaction is to attempt to ban the app
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patxol 🔷 anser.social
@patxol.eth
I am not saying regulation should not move. But ignoring it and then crying when the law enforcement guy comes to get you will not help growing crypto. The fact the the EU is actively discussing crypto with the local actors is more optimistic than the current situation in the US.
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