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Cryptocurrency's popularity in the U.S. tied to conservative moral foundations (www.psypost.org)
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[โ€“] endhits@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Crypto itself isn't an issue. My view has always been that it wasn't meant to be an investment, but a currency. The issues are the grifters and loons that promote this as an investment.

[โ€“] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

And incidentally, the rampant speculation around them has rendered them mostly worthless as a currency due to the high fluctuations in price