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GORDON wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:29 pm The US Dollar is no longer backed by gold. It's mostly just a mass agreement that it's worth something.

Enforced by guns.

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:21 pm

GORDON wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:29 pm The US Dollar is no longer backed by gold. It's mostly just a mass agreement that it's worth something.

Enforced by guns.

Crypto has value because people like to do crimes.

TheCatt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:30 pm

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:21 pm

GORDON wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:29 pm The US Dollar is no longer backed by gold. It's mostly just a mass agreement that it's worth something.

Enforced by guns.

Crypto has value because people like to do crimes.

Who brought up Congress?

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:21 pm

GORDON wrote: ↑Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:29 pm The US Dollar is no longer backed by gold. It's mostly just a mass agreement that it's worth something.

Enforced by guns.

The people wielding the guns are also paid with that "let's pretend this is worth something" currency.

Bitcoin surged this week on two fake announcements.

Kroger

Walmart

The crypto market just looks so secure and perfect. Why wouldn't anyone put all of their money into this "currency" that appears to be by and for criminals?

I thought this was a trailer for a Martian sequel at first, when it aired before Eternals.

Has overnight flash crash. BTC down to $47k from YTD high of $67k.

#DOGETOTHEMOON is trending, so...

I genuinely don't understand why anyone would risk real money (money you can't afford to lose) in crypto at this point. Extra money? Absolutely, but investing real money into this volatile market has to be pretty nerve racking.

Elon still promoting Doge and bashing Bitcoin.

Tesla now accepting Doge for some merch.

#DOGETOTHEMOON!!!!!!

(It's still all so stupid...but if I can get free money out of it...)

Matt Damon is trending on Twitter right now thanks to the commercials he's been doing for crypto.com. The sentiment is that he's a money hungry douche and the campaign is pretty off the mark. Some examples below.

Man, the crypto-bros have really been buying into that.

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 11:16 am Matt Damon is trending on Twitter right now thanks to the commercials he's been doing for crypto.com. The sentiment is that he's a money hungry douche and the campaign is pretty off the mark. Some examples below.

Hacked for $15 million

HA!

TheCatt wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:23 pm

Leisher wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 11:16 am Matt Damon is trending on Twitter right now thanks to the commercials he's been doing for crypto.com. The sentiment is that he's a money hungry douche and the campaign is pretty off the mark. Some examples below.

Hacked for $15 million

$34M, apparently people figured out how to trigger withdrawals without 2FA.

Dude's head does not look natural.

Who cares, Elon?