I think the latter has a better future at the moment.
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- Federal authorities accuse Adam Iza, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, of financial conspiracies and extortion.
- Prosecutors allege Iza used L.A. County sheriff’s deputies to carry out his criminal bidding.
- Iza has pleaded not guilty. A judge ordered him jailed despite claims that he needs medical care after a cosmetic leg-lengthening procedure.
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JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 2 days ago
BTC is still less stable. It will need to stop being a pump and dump cycle target before it could claim a true future.
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 days ago
With a Market Cap of 2 Trillion it’s pretty difficult to impact the purchase price as an individual or group. Even a small nation would struggle with it.
Doom@ttrpg.network 2 days ago
You’d think that but as Bitcoin becomes tied to more and more those things become part of what holds up Bitcoin.
Bird flu won’t affect Bitcoin valuation but could affect most fiat currency, but that’s only because of the system now. If Bitcoin became more prominent wouldn’t it be bound to thing more?
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 days ago
So you’re saying there is a group out there pumping and dumping hundreds of billions equivalence to USD?