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comment by kleinbl00
kleinbl00  ·  2229 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: You can't use Visa to buy Bitcoin, but you can use it to buy an AR-15.

That's my title, not the NYT's. Here's what the NYT says:

    There is precedent for credit card issuers to ban the purchase of completely legal products. Just this month, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Bank of America banned the use of their cards to buy Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

    To be clear: Those three banks won’t let you use your credit card to buy Bitcoin, but they will happily let you use it to buy an AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle — the same kind of gun used in mass shootings in Parkland; Newtown, Conn.; San Bernardino, Calif.; Las Vegas; and Sutherland Springs, Tex.

And while yo can use a debit card for now, there's nothing preventing them from changing that.