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• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  banks managed to convince everyone

  I don’t think banks have been in charge of the countless pump and dump crypto schemes in recent years. And Bankman-Fried (despite his name) wasn’t running a bank.

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  • zeroConnection@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You know why there’s much less fraud with banks? Because they’re regulated. You know why crypto is not regulated? Because banks don’t want it.

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    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I didn’t say “banks good”, I said “crypto bros (also) bad”. You don’t think the ones running the crypto schemes are also “greedy corrupt pedophiles”? Maybe you’re “heavily misguided”.

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      • zeroConnection@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Dude, did you not know that most cryptos, the good ones are decentralised. Tell me, who owns BTC?

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  • zeroConnection@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh, I didn’t know that billionaires are honest and law abiding people. Not some greedy corrupt pedophiles, no no no.

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  • 0x0@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Nah, they just launder money so it’s OK.

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• eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Ever tried buying a loaf of bread with BTC?

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