TFW you see yourself quoted anonymously in a news story

(Source: Bitcoin.com)

Some days ago I commented on a Steemit post complaing how some ICOs are blocking Americans from investing in them. Today, reading an article about the subject at Bitcoin.com, I was surprised to see my comment quoted verbatim and attributed to "an excluded American [who] commented on Steemit."

Eerie.

The writer did not contact me in the course of writing the story, so my feelings are a mixture of pleasure, surprise and dismay. Maybe I'm showing my age, but back when I was a newspaper reporter, we were required to contact anyone we quoted in a news story, if only for permission to use their words.

Anyway, I'm not very upset, it was just a surprise to see my own words appear in someone else's article.

Here's the section in which I am quoted:

No wonder so many financial institutions around the world refuse American clients. Some ICOs Now Ban Americans Who Should Expect More Ostracism[Note: for the specific countries involved and for a sense of how extensive the FATCA reporting is, click here.] An excluded American commented on Steemit, “It’s not because they don’t like us. Both projects [Monaco Visa and Polybius] are seeking licensing from the appropriate financial regulators in the EU, since both projects are trying to bridge the gap between traditional financial systems and cryptocurrencies. FATCA requirements are so restrictive and obtrusive that many foreign banks and financial institutions just refuse to do business with American customers.”

The article accurately summarizes the problems we expats face while living abroad. Many financial channels are closed to us, because of the long arm of the IRS and the US Treasury. I may gripe about ICOs shutting me out, but I understand why they do it.

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