• protist@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    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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    1 year ago

    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!

  • 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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    Focus on cryptocurrency but ignore the blatant connivance on Wall Street. Sounds about right.

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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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    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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    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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      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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    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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      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?

      🤦