The scam-heavy crytpocurrency industry, flush with money from the latest inflated bubble, is pouring vast sums into American elections. Their goal is to to be an unregulated "market" or an industry that is regulated only in ways they like.
Our economy is risky enough now, but this would push it closer to the edge.
See these stories:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/technology/-crypto-influence-election.html
and
https://www.citationneeded.news/2024-cryptocurrency-election-spending/
You should follow Molly White (npub13qd…hau6) for the lowdown on this scandal.
Dan Gillmor /
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2024-06-22 06:31:44
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