Could someone take pity on my dumb ass and explain what the heck is this FTX shit? | |
Only Me
(OP) Strawberry Girl User ID: 81130680 United States 11/15/2022 12:24 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Please someone dumb this down for me and explain it like I have a 5-year-old's brain. Goodbye, halcyon days... There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 68428263 Canada 11/15/2022 12:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 84737235 United Kingdom 11/15/2022 12:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Government steals working US citizens money Government sends money to Ukraine Ukraine siphons off a little and sends it back, wrapped in a crypto blanket Greed takes over and empties the whole thing before most get paid. |
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Only Me
(OP) Strawberry Girl User ID: 81130680 United States 11/15/2022 12:41 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Digital dogshit peddlers peddled digital dogshit to dipshits. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68428263 Digital dogshit peddlers then did a bunch of shady shit to fleece the dipshits. The end. Oh dear. That sounds pretty awful. Government steals working US citizens money Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84737235 Government sends money to Ukraine Ukraine siphons off a little and sends it back, wrapped in a crypto blanket Greed takes over and empties the whole thing before most get paid. Yep, I figured as much. It's always greed from our "elected leaders" It does concern me and it also concerns you, unless you don't participate in finances in the least, which I seriously DOUBT. Be nice. Goodbye, halcyon days... There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened. |
Only Me
(OP) Strawberry Girl User ID: 81130680 United States 11/16/2022 12:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Found this and it explains it pretty well: https://twitter.com/_/status/1592678198269341698 Goodbye, halcyon days... There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 79433216 United States 11/16/2022 12:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | FTX is the first of many. We are going into a meltdown like never before. Cash is king again, get ready for the buys of a lifetime. Be sure to get in there because when things come back prices will be higher than they have ever been. Buy when everyone is selling sell when everyone is buying. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 84759836 11/16/2022 12:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They take your money and invest in an imaginary asset which they loan out to several different people at the same time, while telling you they are watching it for you and keeping it safe. The other people use it as collateral, and then when the company goes bankrupt, a judge will tell you everyone just lost everything. |
Only Me
(OP) Strawberry Girl User ID: 81130680 United States 11/16/2022 01:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | FTX is the first of many. We are going into a meltdown like never before. Cash is king again, get ready for the buys of a lifetime. Be sure to get in there because when things come back prices will be higher than they have ever been. Buy when everyone is selling sell when everyone is buying. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 79433216 What are you buying? Let us in on what you're thinking about :) Goodbye, halcyon days... There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened. |
Only Me
(OP) Strawberry Girl User ID: 81130680 United States 11/16/2022 01:11 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | They take your money and invest in an imaginary asset which they loan out to several different people at the same time, while telling you they are watching it for you and keeping it safe. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 84759836 The other people use it as collateral, and then when the company goes bankrupt, a judge will tell you everyone just lost everything. It's unbelievable that this can go on. It happens over and over too, because they let the same people run the scam. Anyone from Enron shouldn't be allowed to have a leadership role in any finance company. Goodbye, halcyon days... There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory mentioned, which states that this has already happened. |
Super Straight Splinterhead
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 84740816 11/16/2022 01:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Apparently crypto exchanges are just running scams. This guy slipped up really bad, more like cyber terrorist level. But without proper regulations, the most seemingly well run "crypto" exchange may as well be doing the exact same things as this guy, and they seemingly all do. Eventually, the law will crack down and the "crypto" will be like digital beanie babies. Meanwhile original Bitcoin has quietly returned, is not "crypto," and may change the world as it is designed to work within the law and to be the ultimate law enforcement tool for money laundering. It's all going to slowly crash. Idiots will keep pumping and dumping lower value digital beanie babies. Smart people interested in the technology will gravitate towards Bitcoin. The Phoenix will need to rise from the ashes. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 83104205 United States 11/16/2022 01:27 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ftx is an exchange like etrade is a brokerage. ftx vs binance is like pepsi vs coke or etrade vs ameritrade...imagine etrade saying "oops, those dollar signs and numbers on your screen have no assets backing them because the great sam i am son of samosa took the deposits for his own spending." |
Lazy Monk
User ID: 77058850 Sweden 11/16/2022 02:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A "crypto exchange" is where you send your money to the scammers and get your digital tokens in exchange. You can also send them your digital tokens and get money back, but they don't like that too much. If more people starts wanting their money back than there are people sending them money, the "crypto exchange" is suddenly "hacked" and your money is mysteriously gone, with the people running the exchange innocently waving their hands in the air, having no idea what happened. This happens to every crypto exchange sooner or later, because they're unsurprisingly all run by scammers. This time it happened to an exchange called FTX, which was run by an extra special bunch of scammers that was handling Democrat money laundering through Ukraine. You can hear all about it on CNN! Just joking. Lazy Monk |
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Grove Street (Redux 3.0)
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 84741129 Russia 11/16/2022 04:46 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Please and thank you! Quoting: Only Me I have no clue what this is or what it's about. I admit I am sadly lacking in any sort of knowledge about cryptocurrency other than the fact that it exists. What the heck is it? What happened with it? What the hell is going on, since it is apparently a really big deal? And, please don't be mean to me. I admit I have never bothered to really delve into it myself and that is why I know absolutely nothing. Yay me :( But it seems important, right? So...I should have at least a clue. :ssbb2::ssbb2::ssbb2::ssbb2: money laundering to the DNC to funnel to Ukraine with your tax dollars that mysterious got "hacked" plain and simple |
Coy
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 21532003 United Kingdom 11/16/2022 05:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Basically... dodgy rich people have been telling you for years that crypto is a scam and to stay away yada yada... Nobody listened and people kept making themselves rich via crypto so they (dodgy rich people) decided to make their own crypto exchange to scam people with. Now they are hoping that this scam they pulled off will scare everyone away from crypto for good, but things don't really work like that. Considering this scam is a massive black swan event the price of bitcoin has not really dropped that much, it's still thousands times higher than it was just a couple of years ago. |