So much Swan FUD. People be acting like they are Celsius and incentivizing people to leave their coins with them to earn yield. They sell you bitcoin for dollars, that’s it. If you don’t like who holds the bitcoin that will be sent to you once you give them dollars then that’s fine. Lots of options out there.

If you use the service incorrectly and not withdraw then you’re rugging yourself if something happens. If I buy groceries at the store and leave them in a corner and come back later and they are not there no one would blame the grocery store for not keeping an eye on your stuff after you bought them.

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Shit take.

Using your grocery analogy it's more like you ordered your groceries online and then when you got there the collection box that was supposed to hold your groceries is empty.

Neither analogy is perfect.

The point is that if you don’t redeem what you purchase the seller is not responsible for holding your property. Unless their service is holding your property for you.

The service is exchanging fiat for bitcoin not keeping your bitcoin safe. If you didn’t receive your bitcoin I don’t see why they wouldn’t give you the fiat back.

If the seller doesn't want to be responsible for holding your property they can choose to operate like Bull Bitcoin does where they never hold your coins.

But Swan chooses to hold your Bitcoin. Therefore they assume responsibility for holding your Bitcoin.

Isn’t the whole fuzz that Swan didn’t build their own infrastructure so they use partners like fortress trust which are the ones that actually hold the bitcoin they sell?

In any case if you’re buying bitcoin or any good for that matter by definition someone else holds the good until you buy and redeem it.