tinosaurier@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWe have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square51fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down14
arrow-up192arrow-down1external-linkWe have reached the “severed fingers and abductions” stage of the crypto revolution - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comtinosaurier@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square51fedilink
minus-squareCeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 hours agoI did acknowledge that it’s not exclusive to the US. And I didn’t say “it is”, I said “it feels like”. FTX, Theranos, Fyre Festival, Enron, Bernie Madoff, Logan Paul’s CrytoZoo, Charles Ponzi (the OG Ponzi scammer), etc. While scams exist everywhere, the US seems specially suited to embolden people to run scams. At least high profile ones.
I did acknowledge that it’s not exclusive to the US. And I didn’t say “it is”, I said “it feels like”.
FTX, Theranos, Fyre Festival, Enron, Bernie Madoff, Logan Paul’s CrytoZoo, Charles Ponzi (the OG Ponzi scammer), etc.
While scams exist everywhere, the US seems specially suited to embolden people to run scams. At least high profile ones.