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rp1 | 4 years ago

You still haven’t given an example of how coordinating the two agencies can lead to a bad outcome. If all that can be done is enforce the law, then there is no issue. You keep implying something extra-legal can be done through the coordination, but aren’t providing any specifics.

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vmception|4 years ago

oh, context is important then. those agencies are bullies. many times they operate under broad and ambiguous fraud/compliance statutes that don't specifically codify the infraction they disagree with. this puts all market participants in a constant guessing game with them, some more than others. so its Christmas and they want a kickback before the end of the year, whatsapp bro? send the money to our Miami field office, kthxbai.

Barrin92|4 years ago

that's a feature and not a bug because a regulatory agency without leeway and too strict formal requirements in reality has no ability to deal with actors who know how to maneuver around them and is toothless.

That market participants don't know how far an agency can go is equivalent to Israel's nuclear policy, little bit of ambiguity and uncertainty has a deterrent effect. And if anything given how routinely market participants still abuse every little trick they can regulators aren't scary scary enough.

And no offense but you've got "fintech, commodities and digital assets" in your bio, are you by any chance making money off some underregulated crypto scheme and have been at the receiving end of regulatory action?