[Mogger]

Folks should be able to use crypto currency if they want.

I'll stick with cash and maybe some metals.

[Vermont Lt]

There are a bunch of people in the Bitcoin world who would just as soon leave the politicians out of the conferences. The politicians put us in the place where bitcoin was created to offset the pure mismanagement of the government budget. They are not going to fix it.

[EnderWiggin1970]

I doubt Biden or Harris know a blockchain from a NFT, but they serve as the facade for a crypto-hating bureaucracy. The mafioso calling itself the SEC has been waging a war against crypto innovation for years.

There's plenty of crime to investigate in crypto, but the SEC persistently avoids doing anything useful. Instead they attack legit crypto firms one after another, as the OP says with "nonexistent rules" or with rules they make up themselves without legislative foundation. It's a bit like getting yourself elected dogcatcher, and then defining all children under 10 to be "dogs" and then running around town kidnapping little kids and putting them in cages. It's time to put a stop to that.

[Dave Wright]

Cryptocurrency, like gold, does not create wealth, it merely stores it. It’s a wealth battery. You need engines that convert stored energy into goods and services to create wealth.

A CBDC would reduce frictional costs from check clearing and other online transactions. The dollar will never be replaced because, unlike Bitcoin, the money supply can be adjusted as the economy grows.

[sten]

DECENTRALIZED crypto is fine... it’s the centralized version that allows them to control your spending

[Fledermaus]

Don’t trust it. Don’t know how to get it. Don’t understand it. No place I know takes it.

I smell a fad.

[Blood of Tyrants]

As Warren Buffet says, people buy crypto currency hoping the next guy will pay more for it because it has no inherent value. Much like fiat money.

[Chances Are]

I recently got an email, ostensibly from Pay Pal, informing me I'd been billed 700+ dollars from an outfit called ETHEREUM. Actually, I was a BCC. Some other dude was apparently the purchaser, as the transaction had been paid for.

These were people I had no knowledge of, from an outfit I didn't know existed.

The email headers revealed spam account activity, so I simply decided to ignore everything. My bank accounts have been untouched.

Years ago, I thought I'd try PayPal, but it didn't work for me, so that was that. It was billed to a card that has long been closed. So as far as I am concerned, this is a non-issue.

In fact, I don't know how they got my email addy. I think I was using a different email address when I tried to join.

I'll just keep an eye on things.

That's the extent of my experience with crypto.

CA....

[Allegra]

The battle box.