• freagle@lemmygrad.ml
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    2 months ago

    Crypto melting down will only have a positive impact on the economy, not a negative one. Crypto is a value store. While things were bad in th economy investors could move their money into crypto and ride it out. When crypto falls, that money is going to end up back in the position to influence the real economy.

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      2 months ago

      The wealthy already have a much safer place to ride things out: US Treasury securities. That’s what their true purpose is. They’re not for funding the US government at all. Previously.

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        2 months ago

        Crypto has the benefit of being a speculative market subject to manipulations. It allows for money to move in ways that the SEC and FINRA wouldn’t allow otherwise. But you’re not wrong.