• mightyfoolish@lemmy.world
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    NexFundAI, as per information on the website, was marketed as redefining the “intersection between finance and artificial intelligence” and that its aim was to “create a cryptocurrency token that not only serves as a secure store of value but also acts as a catalyst for positive change in the world of AI.”

    Even though it’s not obvious it was a government run “scam”/operation this website screams scam.

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    I’m glad it’s just a bunch of rich assholes who went down, and not* people only doing this to survive. They get what they fucking deserve.

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    Haha, I’ll give you 100 CocoCoins if you can define what makes a cryptocurrency “fake” rather than real.

    This headline should probably say “FBI create a cryptocurrency to expose…”

    That said there are only a few cryptocurrencies I would call worthy of note or respect.

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      there are only a few cryptocurrencies I would call worthy of note or respect.

      The difference between a theist and an atheist is believing in one fewer God.

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      You make the point that this cannot happen but surely some really have the intention to make an e-currency that has long term, legal use?

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        22 hours ago

        I make the point that what cannot happen?

        I’m sorry, I just didn’t quite understand what you mean.

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          Seems I missed reading the last line where you said you would respect some cryptocurrencies. I misunderstood.

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            All good.

            And yeah for the record, I do think Bitcoin is pretty brilliant and that Etherium has some real unique utility. I think there are definitely some others that are genuine attempts to do something useful, but few that have really achieved much so far.

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    Lol at all the people deleting their comments or getting downvoted heavily. You are the target audience. This is either a warning to get your shit straight or nuke your hard drive. Dealers choice… Take a hint boys.

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    NexFundAI, as per information on the website, was marketed as redefining the “intersection between finance and artificial intelligence” and that its aim was to “create a cryptocurrency token that not only serves as a secure store of value but also acts as a catalyst for positive change in the world of AI.”

    Dude…hook, line, and sinker. FBI knows their target audience lol

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      COX: Drug traffickers love gizmos. They love gadgets. And if they have something like, ooh, the app is hidden behind a calculator, they think that’s amazing, and they want to buy it.

      TIL drug traffickers have the mindset of a teenage boy looking for ways to hide porn.

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    Now if only they could do the same with the stock market. But the conspiracy theorist in me believes that all this manipulation is being done hand in hand with certain arms of the government in order to maintain the government’s appearance of solvency and to control inflation in the face of what appears to be nearly unlimited spending. Just keep moving around fake money using a million different utterly opaque methods.

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      nearly unlimited spending

      The great thing about currency is that it can change hands an infinite number of times and function the same as it did on day one.

      Just keep moving around fake money

      Laughing at my credit card company

      How can I owe you dollars when they’re all worthless?! Idiots!

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      They can’t put all of congress in jail!

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    Why does the government keep trying to regular fake Internet money? The whole point of it was that it was a free for all. Who the fuck cares if crypto bros get fucked, if you want real securities you go to a real bank and open a real investment account.

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      Because then the fraudsters end up with all the money, buy an e-news paper, or get a game show, and end up running for president. It’s not an excellent idea to let fraud run rampant on your society.

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      Scammers beg the goverment for a “free for all” so their central organization can defraud people.

      P2P crypto users achieve a free for all by avoiding central organizations.

      We are not the same.

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      Yeeeaaaah, because nothing says “I’m doing my job, and certainly not getting yelled at by any other agencies” like letting a free for all happen on your watch. You know the FBI is supposed to be PREVENTING fraud, right?

      🤦

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      It’s called a honeypot. They even ran CP servers in the past (after taking them over from the actual admins, in order to unmask the users).

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        Agent 1: We just nabbed a gang of child abusers!

        Agent 2: We found out your MAGA uncle is a really bad “investor”.

        I feel like Agent 1 is far more worthwhile.

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          They’re both worthwhile. Agent 2 is more like “We found out your uncle was pumping a security by making fraudulent claims in order to dump it later and screw them all over.”