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> What other term would you use then?

An argument? Crypto is facing a crisis moment. An "exchange" which has never been audited and won't say where it is, legally or physically, has halted redemptions. That prompts legitimate questions as to their liquidity. Dismissing any criticism as FUD short circuits asking why we should believe their liquidity is adequate.



> has halted redemptions.

Temporarily, which is something that happens, for better or worse, all of the time with CEX, for a myriad of reasons.

It doesn't always mean that it is because of insolvency, which is what my FUD comment revolves around.

> Dismissing any criticism as FUD

That isn't what I was doing, at all.


> doesn't always mean that it is because of insolvency, which is what my FUD comment revolves around

Straw man. Nobody said this is definitive proof of imminent insolvency. Just that it raises legitimate concerns, concerns Binance has done a bad job addressing. The perception problem that itself creates is quite real.

More broadly, not all fear and caution is unwarranted. Telling someone pointing at what looks like a crocodile that they’re being fearful for not wading is technically correct in the most useless way.


That is what the word FUD does. It equivocates every kind of criticism and then minimizes them. That is why I do not trust the use of the word. It is a calling card for rhetorical dishonesty.




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