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woahtoday at 2:28 AM1 replyview on HN

> they want the retail and institutional investor to be protected

That costs money, indirectly


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foobar10000today at 4:39 AM

But it does allow these investors to participate in the markets without losing their shirts - and the lack of such liquidity would impact the market more so than the cost of the risk mitigation - which as you completely correctly noted is not free - both in first and second order terms.