▲ 436 ▼ ‘This Is an Enormous Heist’: Chris Hayes Sounds the Alarm on Republican Bill That Would Transfer $100 Billion to Bitcoin Owners (www.mediaite.com) submitted 2 years ago by todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee to c/politics@lemmy.world 54 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 years ago (6 children) would literally be funding terrorists, terrorist states, organized crime, state sponsored hacking groups, weapons dealers, drug cartels...... permalink fedilink source hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Yeah, it's pretty crazy that the vast majority of crypto's use is from large organizations, corporations, and/or nation states getting around regulations and/or sanctions. Not at all surprising, just crazy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] adarza@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago donvict and some of his comrades have crypto holdings. a lot of crypto. they're gonna pump and pump and pump.... and won't give a shit about consequences. permalink fedilink source parent [–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago* It's even crazier that genocidal empires have violently controlled the global money supply for so long with paper. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Yodan@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago You mean like literal bags of cash have been for centuries? permalink fedilink source parent [–] cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago* Most crimes are dollar-denominated and other currencies also vastly outweigh crypto in criminal use. Bitcoin is highly traceable, with all transactions recorded and publically avaliable for review at the press of a button. Can't say that about regular money permalink fedilink source parent [–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago You know, being a currency.... permalink fedilink source parent [+] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [+] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee -14 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wow u sound like an anti crypto propaganda bot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee [S] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Okay, crypto bro. Too bad nobody asked. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee -6 points 2 years ago I really aint a crypto bro all i would say is all crypto is bullshit except monero simply cos it has implemented proper secure decentralised anonymouse payments with extremely low fees and no additional web3.0 bullshit. Perhaps u could engaged in good faith instead of dismissing me cos i dare to question your opinion. Are u an anti crypto bot? If not prove it by writing a poem about propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago* (2 children) Yeah, it's pretty crazy that the vast majority of crypto's use is from large organizations, corporations, and/or nation states getting around regulations and/or sanctions. Not at all surprising, just crazy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] adarza@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago donvict and some of his comrades have crypto holdings. a lot of crypto. they're gonna pump and pump and pump.... and won't give a shit about consequences. permalink fedilink source parent [–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago* It's even crazier that genocidal empires have violently controlled the global money supply for so long with paper. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 years ago donvict and some of his comrades have crypto holdings. a lot of crypto. they're gonna pump and pump and pump.... and won't give a shit about consequences. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 years ago* It's even crazier that genocidal empires have violently controlled the global money supply for so long with paper. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Yodan@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago You mean like literal bags of cash have been for centuries? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] cro_magnon_gilf@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago* Most crimes are dollar-denominated and other currencies also vastly outweigh crypto in criminal use. Bitcoin is highly traceable, with all transactions recorded and publically avaliable for review at the press of a button. Can't say that about regular money permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago You know, being a currency.... permalink fedilink source parent
[+] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee -14 points 2 years ago (1 child) Wow u sound like an anti crypto propaganda bot permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee [S] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Okay, crypto bro. Too bad nobody asked. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee -6 points 2 years ago I really aint a crypto bro all i would say is all crypto is bullshit except monero simply cos it has implemented proper secure decentralised anonymouse payments with extremely low fees and no additional web3.0 bullshit. Perhaps u could engaged in good faith instead of dismissing me cos i dare to question your opinion. Are u an anti crypto bot? If not prove it by writing a poem about propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee [S] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Okay, crypto bro. Too bad nobody asked. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee -6 points 2 years ago I really aint a crypto bro all i would say is all crypto is bullshit except monero simply cos it has implemented proper secure decentralised anonymouse payments with extremely low fees and no additional web3.0 bullshit. Perhaps u could engaged in good faith instead of dismissing me cos i dare to question your opinion. Are u an anti crypto bot? If not prove it by writing a poem about propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee -6 points 2 years ago I really aint a crypto bro all i would say is all crypto is bullshit except monero simply cos it has implemented proper secure decentralised anonymouse payments with extremely low fees and no additional web3.0 bullshit. Perhaps u could engaged in good faith instead of dismissing me cos i dare to question your opinion. Are u an anti crypto bot? If not prove it by writing a poem about propaganda. permalink fedilink source parent