My First Encounter With A Cryptobro On The Fediverse (latte.isnot.coffee)
First, let me say please don't be harassing this person or anything....
FTX management details new allegations on misuse of customer funds (www.axios.com)
The graphic shows how "effective altruism" worked at FTX. I wonder how they found the time to still convert USD into crypto after all the shell companies it had to pass through.
Mass adoption around the corner? Tweet about Bitcoin from user with 500 followers gets 64000 likes in an instant. Laurens Hof (@laurenshof) (calckey.social)
If you want to get a sense of scale of the bot problem at #twitter, check this out what I found. TLDR: someone has a (malfunctioning) bot army that can give posts at least 64000 likes in an instant, without triggering any serious spam detection or bot removal. The problem is in this tweet:...
IOR#11 We react to RFK Jr: Covid Restrictions Bring Totalitarianism & Bitcoin Fixes This? (www.youtube.com)
We "Reality Check" Robert F. Kennedy Jr's keynote speech at the Bitcoin Miami 2023 Conference. This presidential candidate constructs some absurd slippery s...
Do Kwon’s new home: an overcrowded Balkan prison with mafia suspects and little hope (www.dlnews.com)
Anon buys almost $40K worth of Bitcoin and loses everyhting (lemmy.ml)
‘Jeopardy’ Fans React to ‘Crypto Bro’ Contestant’s Poor Performance (www.tvinsider.com)
Plus, was 2-day champ Ben Goldstein able to secure a victory?
Jimmy Wales: One of the biggest obstacles to ... cryptocurrency ... is the sheer number and size of scandals associated with it. (wts2.wt.social)
Ethereum Crypto Bro Put Me In My Place
Blockchain - Innovation or Illusion? (Offical - Full Documentary) (www.youtube.com)
This is an award-winning documentary that pulls no punches and goes into detail on what blockchain is, how it works, and all the other crypto schemes and how they inter-relate. The second half of the documentary goes into examining specific claims made by crypto proponents. A must watch for anybody who wants to fully...
Much realism
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market (www.theonion.com)
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re calling for millions of bozos to be infused into the crypto market to stave off collapse and assure investors their money…
Police tell Bitcoin ATM firm to 'go to hell,' take scam victim's cash from machine (protos.com)
A crypto ATM maker and a Texas sheriff’s department are locked in a fierce legal battle after police seized cash from one of the company’s machines and handed it back to an 82-year-old woman who had been scammed into converting $15,000 into bitcoin....
SEC sues Binance, part 2 By Amy Castor and David Gerard (davidgerard.co.uk)
Binance kicked out of The Netherlands after failing to secure registration (twitter.com)
kbin REPOST; Oldie but a Goodie: Cryptobro Loses $525,000 Government COVID19 Loan to Celsius Scam, Begs Judge for Help
The Reddit boycott is good for crypto - CoinDesk (www.coindesk.com)
Now, dear The Node reader, what does all this have to do with crypto? Or how can it help you earn money? Well, depending on how the situation shakes out it could have a few implications for crypto as a social movement. Obviously, the ability for a company to make unilateral decisions that severely affect users is a Big Plus for...
How to tell if a crypto is a security or a commodity?
IO-Radio #10: Reddit Censors Its Largest Crypto-Critical Community - IoRadio.org (www.youtube.com)
In this episode we talk about some surprise restrictions that Reddit top level admins have placed on /r/buttcoin, the most popular crypto-critical subreddit....
