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I've been a crypto-skeptic from the beginning, and everything I've learned since has reinforced that skepticism.
1 posted on 02/23/2026 12:40:20 PM PST by Miami Rebel
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To: Miami Rebel

FFS


2 posted on 02/23/2026 12:42:11 PM PST by onona
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To: Miami Rebel

Oops.


3 posted on 02/23/2026 12:44:18 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: Miami Rebel

Yep, I dont get it (crypto currency) and this illustrates why.


4 posted on 02/23/2026 12:46:27 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Miami Rebel

Gee how did that happen?

Filling out my 1040 I had to declare that I did/did not do any digital transfers.

What good does that do?


5 posted on 02/23/2026 12:48:27 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT. And I am generally full of /S)
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6 posted on 02/23/2026 12:48:32 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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The company cited issues such as “violations of company protocol” related to the handling of client data.

Big fing deal with $1.7 Billion on the line they got their take.

Wonder why the internal investigators giant don’t call the law?.

OH WAIT


7 posted on 02/23/2026 12:51:18 PM PST by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Miami Rebel

All of this is disturbing. However, the only reason it made the NYT was the tenuous connection to THE GREAT SATAN OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM, Donald Trump.


8 posted on 02/23/2026 12:55:06 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Miami Rebel

They fired the people doing the review?

That is a crud company and I hope it is sued.


10 posted on 02/23/2026 1:02:34 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Miami Rebel; bitt; little jeremiah

how much of that $1.l7 bb came from USAID funded NGO accounts? (aka: USA tax payer funded)


11 posted on 02/23/2026 1:04:20 PM PST by thinden (Buckle Up!)
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To: Miami Rebel

Do $100 bills next.

There is a LOT more corruption and terrorist funding using $100 bills than any other type of currency.

The fact that a central authority cannot “shut down” bitcoin is a feature, not a flaw. Because today, they want to stop Iran…but a couple years ago it was Canadian Truckers and Chinese Social Scores. Tomorrow it will be the Fed…again. Remember when the Fed confiscated Gold?

If we made every person holding $100 bills to go into a bank and exchange them with new ones…the world’s underground economy would collapse.

Bitcoin is a literal drop in that bucket.


12 posted on 02/23/2026 1:05:21 PM PST by Vermont Lt
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To: Miami Rebel

They find this out now?


13 posted on 02/23/2026 1:15:59 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Miami Rebel

The old guilt by association scam, which is the real reason for this article.


14 posted on 02/23/2026 1:26:50 PM PST by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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