Why “Crypto” is being discussed
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>some obscure cryptocurrency Monero is so obscure the IRS has put out a million dollar bounty to trace it, until any other crypto even btc lol
by akimbostrawman · Oct 30, 2026
That's not a loophole: that's literally the way fractional deposit traditional banking works. The only difference is regulations -- banks have them; things labelled crypto don't…
by ethbr1 · Oct 30, 2026
After long soul-searching, crypto has settled on two strong use cases: 1) unregulated gambling (a.k.a. "prediction markets"), 2) funding North Korea. Heartening to see the beaut…
by pavlov · Oct 30, 2026
I'm quite energized by this. Its crazy to see how we can now do things which were not thinkable a few years back. Finally i read real progress i can see and use by myself and no…
by origini · Oct 30, 2026
You're mixing up two issues. The need for oracles is a "hard problem" but it's not the problem in this case. USDC has a central issuer that can freeze funds because that's the o…
by treyd · Oct 30, 2026
North Korean nuclear weapons engineers thank crypto fans for their ongoing contributions.
by roca · Oct 30, 2026
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