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jedmeyers • yesterday at 6:05 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Stock is owned by Cede & Co anyway. So everything downstream is just ledgers. What differs is how much you trust the record-keeper, and what legal rights the entry gives you.


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kasey_junk • yesterday at 9:10 PM

That’s only true of street side shares. And unlike cede shares vs direct registrations you can’t treat tokens as fungible with direct ownership.

phyalow • yesterday at 6:33 PM

Correct.