TMC Episode 41 - Crypto Currency Con

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What is a currency exactly? And is a Crypto Currency really a currency?

Once the hope for a means to make a currency democratically available to all, something along the way went wrong. Criminals started to use and then abuse the systems.

Learn some history, have some fun, and get a solid understanding of Crypto Currency, and recent politician's shenanigans.

A felon has got to felon!

Show Notes:

Investopedia's 1st article: The History of Money: Bartering to Banknotes to Bitcoin

Investopedia's 2nd article: What Was the First Cryptocurrency?

Americanbar.org article: Cryptocurrency: Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement and Regulation

Super cool piece on The Silk Road by CBS News: Inside the FBI's search for Ross Ulbricht, dark web kingpin of Silk Road - CBS News

Reference to the Musk/Doge coin happenings: Musk, Tesla win dismissal of Dogecoin 'pyramid scheme' suit - Investment News

Yeah, I was serious about the Bit Coins used to buy Pizza: Meet Laszlo Hanyecz Who Purchased $700 Million Worth of Pizza (now over $1B)

Trump meme coin garbage, um, grab: The Trump Memecoin’s ‘Money-Grab’ Economics | WIRED

Finally, the MAGA backlash at the meme coin money-grab: The Maga backlash against Trump’s crypto grab: ‘This is bad, and looks bad’ | Donald Trump | The Guardian

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