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Re:Trump announces The DeFiant Ones, a new cryptocurrency pl... by Terr_ on Thursday August 22, 2024 @03:51PM (#41323836)
Time to place your bets on the spectrum of:

1. It'll forever remain promises and PR.

2. No implementation, but they'll start soliciting "supporter pre-deposits", which will somehow not be refundable.

3. There will be enough of an implementation for trading and a pump-and-dump.

Re:Trump announces The DeFiant Ones, a new cryptocurrency pl... by bediger4000 on Thursday August 22, 2024 @04:18PM (#41324048)
Wait where's the traditional rug pull? If we get past (2), which is where I would bet it ending, a rug pull could happen before a pump-n-dump.
Re:Trump announces The DeFiant Ones, a new cryptocurrency pl... by Terr_ on Thursday August 22, 2024 @05:00PM (#41324365)
Good point, I'll edit it in.
Re:Trump announces The DeFiant Ones, a new cryptocurrency pl... by empath75 on Thursday August 22, 2024 @06:12PM (#41324767)
I think the most likely purpose of this is as a way to bribe or funnel money to Trump if he gets into the white house (or really, even if he doesn't). You'd expect the Saudis and Russian, etc, to invest.
Re:Trump announces The DeFiant Ones, a new cryptocurrency pl... by krapp on Friday August 23, 2024 @04:16PM (#41332718)
That would make sense for someone with scruples, but Trump almost flaunts his corruption. Plenty of lavish "gifts" and "fees" for him and his family when he was in the White House.
Re:Trump announces The DeFiant Ones, a new cryptocurrency pl... by jarsin on Thursday August 22, 2024 @03:42PM (#41323765)
Top in crypto is in.
Re:Trump announces The DeFiant Ones, a new cryptocurrency pl... by infotainment on Thursday August 22, 2024 @04:44PM (#41324251)
In case we needed any additional confirmation that crypto’s only viable use cases are grifting-adjacent!
Re:Trump announces The DeFiant Ones, a new cryptocurrency pl... by techostritch on Thursday August 22, 2024 @06:39PM (#41324896)
Glad to see new people entering the space, Hopefully with Donald Trump background in business and politics he can bring some badly needed weight to legitimize crypto.
Re:Trump announces The DeFiant Ones, a new cryptocurrency pl... by talldayo on Friday August 23, 2024 @04:08PM (#41332641)
Imagine... what if the government had a way to control the minting of money while mitigating the potential for fraud fundamentally. They could invent a new centralized ledger technology to protect from foreign interests, and even create a form of physical currency that represents the immaterial fiat. Then you could create institutions for evaluating and creating lines of credit on behalf of their users, and even regulate them through the same administrators of the treasury. Add in a simple futures and bonds market, and you've got a really enticing project there.

Seems like a huge opportunity, I'd love to see crypto tackle this. Unfortunately the tech just isn't there yet... something this advanced is easily another 100, 200 years out from being feasible to build.