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Re:SEC charges Ripple and two executives by eli on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @04:30PM (#25511482)
Why does anyone start a cryptocurrency? To get rich, of course
Re:SEC charges Ripple and two executives by mtnGoat on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @05:45PM (#25512284)
this is probably the best answer OP is going to get.

i doubt there was much logic applied, past the idea of getting rich, to the few thousand crypto currencies that were born in the last decade.