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twistiti
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France and Germany Agree to Block Facebook's Libra
Would it be a solution for you to buy foreign currencies with lower inflation amount (e.g. EUR)?
azernik
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"capital controls" generally includes foreign exchange controls, i.e. restrictions on conversion to foreign currency and local use of foreign currency.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_exchange_controls
meschi
on Sept 15, 2019
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And why should this be different for a private currency controlled by facebook?
austhrow743
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It shouldn't. All capital control is terrible. It
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IGotThroughIt
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A lot of wealthy people do that. It isn't as straight forward though. It would be nice to be able to do so on the internet and for smaller amounts.
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