@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") wrote:
These same concerns apply to any uncritical claims by mainstream media that cryptocurrency X will go to ($,£,€,Z)YYY,YYY+, which has been happening for years, but this is the most recent notable case where people got hurt by them
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@adamconover ("Adam Conover") wrote:
The BBC published a puff piece promoting a new cryptocurrency three days before its creators disappeared with every dollar invested in it. The media's slack-jawed credulity for crypto is literally costing people their livelihoods.

