Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Crypto is for Criming

Paul Krugman writes about why banks do not want anything to do with Crypto: " ... the real reason banks don't want to be financially connected to crypto is that they believe, with good reason, that to the extent that cryptocurrencies are used for anything besides speculation, much of that activity is criminal -- and they don't want to be accused of acting as accessories."

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Crime, and especially money laundering, is big business and $100 bills are too bulky; crypto is the answer paulkrugman.substack.com/p/crypto-is- ...

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-- Paul Krugman (@pkrugman.bsky.social) December 16, 2024 at 10:37 AM

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Yep. As I have typed in this and other site many times, Cryptocurrencies are for criminal activity and naked speculation only, and nothing more...

#1 | Posted by catdog at 2024-12-17 09:25 AM

The bloated orange felon is a huge fan of crypto for obvious reasons.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-12-17 10:10 AM

It's a good thing that cash is never used for criminal activities ...

#3 | Posted by homerj at 2024-12-17 11:55 AM

Funny the biggest local CU started working in Crypto recently.

#4 | Posted by GalaxiePete at 2024-12-17 12:30 PM

I can't quite wrap my head around the concept of mining for bitcoin. I'm afraid to even try to go down that rabbit hole, and the idea of the government legitimizing it is scary.

#5 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-12-17 09:06 PM

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