Re:Washington Needs a Crypto Rethink
by esperent on Friday December 23, 2022 @05:07AM
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> the former poster boy for cryptocurrency
> What? Who ever thought that?
These kind of statements are usually meant tongue in cheek and should not be read in an absolutist manner. You can read this kind of intent in text when a normally serious publication like The New Yorker uses a whimsical statement like "poster boy".
Stripped of hyperbole, they mean he was head of one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world, as a result of which many people in the crypto world looked up to him.
That's an accurate assessment - although if you're a crypto supporter, then I guess you would wish it not to be.
> What? Who ever thought that?
These kind of statements are usually meant tongue in cheek and should not be read in an absolutist manner. You can read this kind of intent in text when a normally serious publication like The New Yorker uses a whimsical statement like "poster boy".
Stripped of hyperbole, they mean he was head of one of the largest crypto exchanges in the world, as a result of which many people in the crypto world looked up to him.
That's an accurate assessment - although if you're a crypto supporter, then I guess you would wish it not to be.