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[–] rook@awful.systems 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Turns out trump really does understand cryptocurrency perfectly. Who’d have thought? Some folk seems surprisingly unhappy about this, though.

Maybe we’ll pay off the $35 trillion US debt in Crypto. I’ll write on a little piece of paper ‘$35T crypto we have no debt.’ That’s what I like.

https://xcancel.com/mattyglesias/status/1838331688931266694

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The question (which doesn't matter) now is, does he really understand crypto? Or did he get at the right conclusion because he thinks that everybody else, like him, is just scamming all the time?

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 7 points 2 months ago

Given the kinds of crowds he hangs out with (i.e. mostly other rich people and political elite) is that not an understandable conclusion?

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

anything that makes yglesias have a bad day is generally a good thing

but it sounds like the orange man understands the crypto market perfectly: the numbers are all made up and everyone's lying

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 3 months ago

(at least I think it's that one? one of them's quite the bootlicker. I'm bad at names tho)

I mean there are definitely some brain rotted crypto bros who would buy shares at face value because it's totally gonna go to the moon guys