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Their wordsWe will explore some coordination mechanisms, which are overstated, and some correlation mechanisms, which are poorly understood.
Their wordsWe’re hearing about debanking because it sometimes affects socially established wealthy entrepreneurs and their companies.
Our reading
A US deposit account is a credit product, and cannot be made otherwise without breaking it.
Their wordsFor one thing, typical deposit accounts in the U.S. are actually credit products. It's baked in and can't be baked out without making them unfit for purpose.
Our reading
Nic Carter correctly identified the product behind the FDIC’s redacted crypto pause letters.
Their wordsI think Carter is very likely (90%+) correct with respect to identifying the subject of these letters.
Our reading
Americans are not, as a routine matter, cut off from the financial system for their politics.
Their wordsThis does not happen as a matter of routine in the United States.