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Re:I watched a friend of mine pump a shitcoin on Binance by ... by simonw on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @12:22PM (#32072201)
The YouTube channel that they bought a video on for $30,000 has 1.45 million subscribers.

Edit: the video only got 40,000 views though. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32068788

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Re:I watched a friend of mine pump a shitcoin on Binance by ... by SilverBirch on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @12:30PM (#32072317)
Yes, so basically certainly what’s happening here is the crypto guy bought subscribers so he looks popular so he can charge to shill. Scams all the way down.
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Re:I watched a friend of mine pump a shitcoin on Binance by ... by pcl on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @07:56AM (#32081440)
There’s a certain poetic justice in that.
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