wrong word, nearly billion stolen from the idiots who put their money into the scam
Trump Family’s Crypto Empire Collapses: Nearly $1 Billion Wiped Out as World Liberty and Memecoins Crash
Submitted 13 hours ago by remington@beehaw.org to technology@beehaw.org
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reksas@sopuli.xyz 13 hours ago
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
It’s not theft if it was given.
vinceman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 hours ago
That’s like, the definition of a scam.
Avicenna@programming.dev 8 hours ago
title sounds like Trump invested in something and lost but actually this was a grift for Trump to steal money from idiots
Foni@piefed.zip 10 hours ago
It wasn’t a business, it was a pipeline for bribes. It’s been a success.
phoenixz@lemmy.ca 9 hours ago
Also for trump and co to get rich quick. I imagine most people that lost money are magats. Not that i cate about them, they got what they went for, but this was definitely more than just a pipeline
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 hours ago
Yeah it’s called pump and dump, they probably walked away with most of it
ramble81@lemmy.zip 9 hours ago
- Create tokenized item with no actual value (Z = 0)
- get people to spend real money on random token.
- collect the money at a high arbitrary value (X)
- Collect the money at a lower, yet still arbitrary value (Y)
- Enjoy X+Y-Z profits
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
4am@lemmy.zip 10 hours ago
It probably crashed as they dumped it. How is this bad for them?
cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de 13 hours ago
Going anywhere near any of Trump’s businesses is a guarantee for losses and regret. In Trump’s world there are only very few winners, basically only the ones paying for pardons. And it’ll be interesting to see if even this is worth it in the long run.
MyOpinion@lemmy.today 13 hours ago
So unshocking!
UnculturedSwine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 hours ago
This fake ass economy will only stay afloat for as long as the plutocrats can stomach setting their cash on fire. One by one each pillar will fall and then it will be time to get the guillotine.
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 12 hours ago
That’s not who lost money here. Those assholes were out LONG before the rug got pulled on the dummies that bought this garbage.
HubertManne@piefed.social 13 hours ago
does it matter. weren’t those setup so they got a slice of every transaction? If I that is the case and I understand it right then any activity is essentially money to them.
the_q@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
Oh no.
Hirom@beehaw.org 9 hours ago
Schadenfreude
J52@lemmy.nz 9 hours ago
,haha, who would’ve thought…
Successful_Try543@feddit.org 13 hours ago
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CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 13 hours ago
I don’t believe for a second his family is holding the bag.