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gipyesterday at 8:43 PM1 replyview on HN

Very curious why they haven’t diversified into real world assets. It seems like an obvious move, even if the margins would be lower than their fee business (~85% margins!!).

They’ve added tokens and altcoins to the platform, but I don’t think that’s a particularly strong long-term bet.


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nlyyesterday at 9:07 PM

Because real world assets are heavily regulated and regulation has costs.

The competition is also stiff with decades of experience and network effects

The truth is these crypto shops have a pretty poor reputation in the traditional finance industry. Nobody in trading tech goes to work for them unless they offer insane salaries, because they (we) know it's an unstable place to be.

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