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Hilariously, this is _precisely_ what "fractional reserve banking is".

https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/reservereq.htm

The banks have a zero-percent reserve ratio allowing them to "loan out" (and have deposited in their own bank as new funds) 100% of the 'digital assets' in their account.



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