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Re:FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns by afarrell on Friday November 11, 2022 @02:37PM (#33565666)
I have found one: Sending the Jamaican Bobsled team to the olympics. I highly doubt that this could have been done based on Postgres. Postgres is too boring and stable to attract the necessary attention.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/01/22/265060754...

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Re:FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns by qeternity on Friday November 11, 2022 @04:36PM (#33567184)
TFA: Dogecoin was sent for 30k of the 184k raised

So no this effort was not enabled by crypto

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Re:FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns by thunky on Friday November 11, 2022 @05:32PM (#33567758)
Yes because we all know the only way to raise money is via shitcoins.

I learned that by watching Cool Runnings.

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Re:FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns by afarrell on Friday November 11, 2022 @05:36PM (#33567796)
As noted elsewhere, most of the money wasn't transferred via dogecoin. But reasonable financial transaction systems don't attract the advertising attention that this was able to.

Does that make it a good financial system? To the degree that a clown car is a good public transport system.

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