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9. Not at all dumb.

Reply to awesomerwb1 (Reply #8)

Thu Jun 12, 2025, 08:13 PM

Jun 2025

Joseph Stiglitz: Bitcoin ought to be outlawed

The World Economic Forum
https://www.weforum.org › stories › 2017/11 › joseph-...
Nov 30, 2017 — Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has said the cryptocurrency 'doesn't serve any useful function'.

Joseph Stiglitz: 'We should shut down the cryptocurrencies'
CNBC
https://www.cnbc.com › 2019/05/02 › joseph-stiglitz-w...
Joseph stiglitz on crypto from www.cnbc.com
May 6, 2019 — Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel-Prize winning economist, says cryptocurrencies should be shut down. He worries that they enable illicit activity by

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WTF? 18 Democratic Senators vote with GOP to advance Trump's crypto bill [View all] orangecrush Jun 2025 OP

crypto is probably going to end up like defense/wall street/pharma cadoman Jun 2025 #1

Most crypto is worthless Johonny Jun 2025 #24

how can something that is worthless trade for billions of dollars in value every day? cadoman Jun 2025 #28

Because red or blue Hey Joe Jun 2025 #2

list of all 18 Dems who voted for cloture Celerity Jun 2025 #3

right on et tu Jun 2025 #4

Fetterman and Slotnik don't surprise me . . . markpkessinger Jun 2025 #5

Follow the money Bettie Jun 2025 #12

Just imagine if people had voted Dem long enough RandomNumbers Jun 2025 #32

Disgusting ..... Mossfern Jun 2025 #6

Good luck with the deer orangecrush Jun 2025 #17

Damn, Senator Warnock??? a kennedy Jun 2025 #7

And Booker milestogo Jun 2025 #25

Surprised by Adam Schiff. BlueKota Jun 2025 #30

My thoughts too can't see a preacher doing that Tribetime Jun 2025 #27

Crypto is here to stay - Tens of millions in US like and own it awesomerwb1 Jun 2025 #8

Not at all dumb. Passages Jun 2025 #9

Gil Duran: Crypto's "a giant scam - a towering stack of Ponzi con fraudulence." highplainsdem Jun 2025 #13

Yep. Passages Jun 2025 #14

Thank you orangecrush Jun 2025 #16

Excellent, informative post. oasis Jun 2025 #18

Someday we'll have a repeat of Dubya's 2008 financial crisis thanks to this con. Vinca Jun 2025 #19

The generative-AI boom or bubble (ChatGPT etc.) is also a con job, with many of the same highplainsdem Jun 2025 #21

Their donors. Passages Jun 2025 #10

See these threads from last fall on how much the crypto industry spent on the 2024 election: highplainsdem Jun 2025 #11

Thank you orangecrush Jun 2025 #15

Crypto, klepto, gypto. oasis Jun 2025 #20

Crypto Bill is for money laundrying. Emile Jun 2025 #22

Suprised orangecrush Jun 2025 #23

"Never trust politicians, lawyers, or ... priests" walkingman Jun 2025 #26

My Senator, John "What's the use of resisting." Hickenlooper. Hotler Jun 2025 #29

The bill is concerned with a specific type of crypto issue, the stablecoin. LudwigPastorius Jun 2025 #31