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This article gives some context, including this:

> At the end of 2021, Babel Finance had an outstanding loan balance of over $3 billion, up from $2 billion the previous February. It averaged $800 million in monthly derivatives trading volume and had structured and traded over $20 billion in options products.

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/17/babel-finance-s...

The ripple effects here are going to be substantial and unpredictable. This was a toy bank/hedge fund that grew to monstrous proportions. Now that bank is experiencing a run and it has done what every bank before it facing a similar problem has done: blocked withdrawals.

Please explain to me the difference between a bank and a Ponzi Scheme.

parent Barrera 4 years ago

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