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The Never-ending Grift

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  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    Earlier today, the president’s daughter Ivanka warned her social media followers not to fall for a scam crypto coin called $IVANKA that, she said, “is being promoted without my consent or approval.”

    I would love to hear someone articulate why it would be any less of a scam if she were the one promoting it.

    Maybe a better way to phrase it would have been ‘this is someone else scamming you, not me’.

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    @jon-nyc said in The Never-ending Grift:

    Earlier today, the president’s daughter Ivanka warned her social media followers not to fall for a scam crypto coin called $IVANKA that, she said, “is being promoted without my consent or approval.”

    I would love to hear someone articulate why it would be any less of a scam if she were the one promoting it.

    Maybe a better way to phrase it would have been ‘this is someone else scamming you, not me’.

    Hahaha, so true.

    Also, do you think Barron was named after the Robber Baron? Sure would make sense.

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    • 89th8 89th

      @jon-nyc said in The Never-ending Grift:

      Earlier today, the president’s daughter Ivanka warned her social media followers not to fall for a scam crypto coin called $IVANKA that, she said, “is being promoted without my consent or approval.”

      I would love to hear someone articulate why it would be any less of a scam if she were the one promoting it.

      Maybe a better way to phrase it would have been ‘this is someone else scamming you, not me’.

      Hahaha, so true.

      Also, do you think Barron was named after the Robber Baron? Sure would make sense.

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      Axtremus
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      #109

      @89th said in The Never-ending Grift:

      Also, do you think Barron was named after the Robber Baron? Sure would make sense.

      More likely there was a copy of Barron's on the nightstand or coffee table when the naming took place.

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      • JollyJ Offline
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        Jolly
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        #110

        Ah, the hyenas circle the 🔥, just out of the circle of light.

        Face it, with the exception of Barron, I doubt any of the Trump kids understand Bitcoin. Somebody made a pitch and they took it.

        Personally, I would not invest in any of the stuff.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • JollyJ Jolly

          Ah, the hyenas circle the 🔥, just out of the circle of light.

          Face it, with the exception of Barron, I doubt any of the Trump kids understand Bitcoin. Somebody made a pitch and they took it.

          Personally, I would not invest in any of the stuff.

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          Axtremus
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          #111

          @Jolly said in The Never-ending Grift:

          Face it, with the exception of Barron, I doubt any of the Trump kids understand Bitcoin.

          I have seen no evidence to support the above. Feel free to point me to such evidence if you wish. :man-shrugging:

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            I wonder how much damage a future anti-crypto president could do to the value of bitcoin? It's designed to be immune to such pressures.

            Education is extremely important.

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            • AxtremusA Axtremus

              @Jolly said in The Never-ending Grift:

              Face it, with the exception of Barron, I doubt any of the Trump kids understand Bitcoin.

              I have seen no evidence to support the above. Feel free to point me to such evidence if you wish. :man-shrugging:

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              Jolly
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              @Axtremus said in The Never-ending Grift:

              @Jolly said in The Never-ending Grift:

              Face it, with the exception of Barron, I doubt any of the Trump kids understand Bitcoin.

              I have seen no evidence to support the above. Feel free to point me to such evidence if you wish. :man-shrugging:

              I extrapolate that from what Trump told Hannity about Tik-Tok in his recent interview.

              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                I would say that the people on this forum board on average are more knowledgable about bit coin than the average 18 year old. Most 18 year olds that I know do not have much, if any, knowledge of bit coin.

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                  I would say 90% of the population has little knowledge of bitcoin.

                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  • JollyJ Jolly

                    I would say 90% of the population has little knowledge of bitcoin.

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                    #116

                    @Jolly said in The Never-ending Grift:

                    I would say 90% of the population has little knowledge of bitcoin.

                    I agree with that. Even a lot of people who invest in it (and swear by it) dont really understand it.

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                    • jon-nycJ Online
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                      jon-nyc
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                      #117

                      I understand blockchain. It’s the coins I don’t get. I’m still waiting for a use case besides money laundering, smuggling, and speculation.

                      You were warned.

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                        Doctor Phibes
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                        #118

                        Nobody who claims to understand it has ever been able to explain bitcoin to me so that I can understand it. Admittedly, I felt much the same way about quantum mechanics, although at least in that case the professional dorks could back up their claim with third order non-linear differential equations.

                        So either I'm really stupid or they don't actually get it. Obviously, both could also be true.

                        I was only joking

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                          One classical use case is that bitcoin would be a currency that would survive the collapse of fiat currencies. Thus "digital gold".

                          Education is extremely important.

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                            Trump bitcoin pricing chart since launch

                            TRUMP_1M_graph_coinmarketcap.jpeg

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                              I'm actually glad it's dying a quick death rather than building up slowly so that more people eventually get burned.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                                jon-nyc
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                                Yeah, that initial burst was probably from the cohort that made a fortune reselling his sneakers.

                                You were warned.

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                                  Jolly
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                                  #123

                                  Mega-Grift:

                                  https://issuesinsights.com/2025/02/07/wait-you-mean-theres-corruption-in-washington/

                                  “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                  Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    More than 813,000 crypto wallets have lost a total of $2 billion after buying President Donald Trump’s memecoin, according to an assessment by Chainalysis commissioned by the New York Times. Meanwhile, the Trump Organization and its partners gained $100 million in trading fees. Since its Jan. 17 launch, $TRUMP has lost most of its value, which is now about $16 per share, down from its $75 peak.

                                    https://www.inkl.com/news/thousands-of-investors-in-trump-s-memecoin-lost-2-billion-in-just-weeks-while-the-family-and-its-partners-racked-up-100-million-in-trading-fees

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                                    • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                      More than 813,000 crypto wallets have lost a total of $2 billion after buying President Donald Trump’s memecoin, according to an assessment by Chainalysis commissioned by the New York Times. Meanwhile, the Trump Organization and its partners gained $100 million in trading fees. Since its Jan. 17 launch, $TRUMP has lost most of its value, which is now about $16 per share, down from its $75 peak.

                                      https://www.inkl.com/news/thousands-of-investors-in-trump-s-memecoin-lost-2-billion-in-just-weeks-while-the-family-and-its-partners-racked-up-100-million-in-trading-fees

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                                      Renauda
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                                      #125

                                      @taiwan_girl

                                      Meanwhile, the Trump Organization and its partners gained $100 million in trading fees

                                      It’s the Ferengi way.

                                      Elbows up!

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                                        $2B compared to just USAID is chump change.

                                        You want grift? Check that agency out.

                                        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                          jon-nyc
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                                          #127

                                          Sorry Jolly, we’re not changing the subject. It is objectively gross the way he repeatedly fleeces his sheep and at some level you must see through it.

                                          I just hope you haven’t bought into any of his grifts yourself.

                                          You were warned.

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