re: SEC sues Coinbase, one day after suing Binance

Yes, in theory, a hard fork could change the Bitcoin code to increase the total supply of coins. But, it's important to understand the fundamental ethos and consensus mechanisms that underpin Bitcoin's security and value proposition.

Firstly, Bitcoin was conceived and designed as digital gold – a decentralized, inflation-resistant asset with a hard cap of 21 million coins. This fundamental characteristic is deeply ingrained in the Bitcoin community and it is one of the primary reasons for Bitcoin's value and longevity. Changing this would fundamentally alter Bitcoin's identity.

Secondly, for such a change to take effect, a significant majority of the network's miners would need to support the hard fork. Given the economic incentives at play, it's highly unlikely that a majority of miners would support such a move. Changing the supply cap would undermine the scarcity that gives Bitcoin much of its value, potentially leading to a price collapse and a loss of faith in the system.

Finally, your Ethereum comparison is somewhat apples-to-oranges. Ethereum was designed with a different purpose in mind: it's a platform for smart contracts and decentralized applications, not a store of value. As such, it has a different monetary policy and a more flexible approach to hard forks.

Meanwhile, the market makers keep creating artificial/counterfeit/synthetic stock shares with impunity.

aka, naked shorting

Absolutely that’s their play. They’re going to make Coinbase, binance, etc. tap out with regulation and then hand it all over to the big banks. We are all just pawns.

Sounds like Binance.US already pulled the plug and disabled withdraws for their customers.

Hopefully everyone got their money off