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Post by kaiwen1 » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 11:16 AM UTC

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Post by belter » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 11:19 AM UTC

Crypto finally found a use case. Anonymously bribing the US Goverment...

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Post by kaiwen1 » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 11:25 AM UTC

On one hand, I know I should "invest" in this ridiculous thing because it's practically guaranteed to surge. But on the other hand, I know I shouldn't because, like all crypto, it's just a steaming pile of ponzi garbage.

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Post by netsharc » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 12:05 PM UTC

I wonder if widespread recognition of "But the emperor is naked!" moment will be when the currencies drops to the floor and don't recover. But sigh, I fear there'll never be such an awakening, especially because a big fat and pale-bellied whale named Elon will just manipulate the market in the event of such a crash.

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Post by shigawire » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 12:47 PM UTC

kaiwen1 wrote: post #3

On one hand, I know I should "invest" in this ridiculous thing because it's practically guaranteed to surge. But on the other hand, I know I shouldn't because, like all crypto, it's just a steaming pile of ponzi garbage.

Surely you won't be the last idiot to hold the bag.

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Post by 31337Logic » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 12:48 PM UTC

The fact that we're even referring to money as "meme" should be reason enough to give pause.

What in the actual fuck are we building, here?

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Post by hoppp » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 1:01 PM UTC

belter wrote: post #2

Crypto finally found a use case. Anonymously bribing the US Goverment...

"mainstream adoption"