10-12-2021, 03:38 PM
The hypocrisy of banks blocking crypto transactions is bugging me even more today
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Last night I watched a really interesting and pretty scary documentary about an ex-professional football player (Paul Merson) who's struggled with a gambling addiction most of his life. There was a part in the show where someone was going through some bank statements of another addict, and there was like 7 or 8 deposits to an online betting company in a day, A DAY!</p> <p>Yet here we are, getting messages from our banks saying we cant deposit into Binance/coinbase etc <em>for our own protection.</em> Strange how people with obvious addictions can feed a betting company as much money as they can get their hands on, but someone wanting to try and make a better future for themselves needs 'protecting'?</p> <p>Here is the documentary for those who are interesting and can view it - <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0010l43/paul-merson-football-gambling-me">https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0010l43/paul-merson-football-gambling-me</a></p> <p>Ok rant over</p> <p>*Edit - thanks for the awards kind internet strangers </p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/beakersoft360"> /u/beakersoft360 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q6idvf/the_hypocrisy_of_banks_blocking_crypto/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q6idvf/the_hypocrisy_of_banks_blocking_crypto/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Last night I watched a really interesting and pretty scary documentary about an ex-professional football player (Paul Merson) who's struggled with a gambling addiction most of his life. There was a part in the show where someone was going through some bank statements of another addict, and there was like 7 or 8 deposits to an online betting company in a day, A DAY!</p> <p>Yet here we are, getting messages from our banks saying we cant deposit into Binance/coinbase etc <em>for our own protection.</em> Strange how people with obvious addictions can feed a betting company as much money as they can get their hands on, but someone wanting to try and make a better future for themselves needs 'protecting'?</p> <p>Here is the documentary for those who are interesting and can view it - <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0010l43/paul-merson-football-gambling-me">https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0010l43/paul-merson-football-gambling-me</a></p> <p>Ok rant over</p> <p>*Edit - thanks for the awards kind internet strangers </p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/beakersoft360"> /u/beakersoft360 </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q6idvf/the_hypocrisy_of_banks_blocking_crypto/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/q6idvf/the_hypocrisy_of_banks_blocking_crypto/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R