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Big Tech Wants to Become Its Own Bank

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Big Tech Wants to Become Its Own Bank

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

To the dismay of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, the law currently prevents Big Tech companies from opening banks. But if Congress passes the GENIUS Act, tech firms may start issuing private currencies and forcing us to use them.

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They’ll eventually have their own militaries.
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  Welcome to Cyberpunk then. Or GitS
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    GitS itself is cyberpunk, is it not?
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      Sure is, its the grandfather bascically.
      
      Sorry was refering to Cyberpunk 2077 for the 1st one. This is what Happens when you Name your dann Game Like a whole genre.
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        I know, I was just being snarky :)

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