What is a currency exactly? And is a Crypto Currency really a currency?
Once the hope for a means to make a currency democratically available to all, something along the way went wrong. Criminals started to use and then abuse the systems.
Learn some history, have some fun, and get a solid understanding of Crypto Currency, and recent politician's shenanigans.
A felon has got to felon!
Show Notes:
Investopedia's 1st article: The History of Money: Bartering to Banknotes to Bitcoin
Investopedia's 2nd article: What Was the First Cryptocurrency?
Americanbar.org article: Cryptocurrency: Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement and Regulation
Super cool piece on The Silk Road by CBS News: Inside the FBI's search for Ross Ulbricht, dark web kingpin of Silk Road - CBS News
Reference to the Musk/Doge coin happenings: Musk, Tesla win dismissal of Dogecoin 'pyramid scheme' suit - Investment News
Yeah, I was serious about the Bit Coins used to buy Pizza: Meet Laszlo Hanyecz Who Purchased $700 Million Worth of Pizza (now over $1B)
Trump meme coin garbage, um, grab: The Trump Memecoin’s ‘Money-Grab’ Economics | WIRED
Finally, the MAGA backlash at the meme coin money-grab: The Maga backlash against Trump’s crypto grab: ‘This is bad, and looks bad’ | Donald Trump | The Guardian
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