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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social

The Trumps fine ever-more ways to make money at the expense of their MAGA marks: The Trump Family Cashes In on ‘the Infinite Money Glitch’ www.wsj.com/finance/inve...

aug 24, 2025, 10:43 am • 39 17

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jientho.bsky.social @jientho.bsky.social

Pump and Dump is not a “glitch”, it’s corruption and fraud and insider trading and there are laws against it.

aug 24, 2025, 12:57 pm • 2 0 • view
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Thorsten Küssner @tho-kue.bsky.social

Finanzielle Ausnutzung politischer Macht #Korruption

aug 24, 2025, 10:49 am • 0 0 • view
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mavsuperman.bsky.social @mavsuperman.bsky.social

Hopefully maga will eventually turn on them

aug 25, 2025, 12:19 am • 0 0 • view
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ToddKBailey @toddkbailey.bsky.social

Republican Marks. They are all Republicans and were long before Trump came along. Calling these people maga allows Republicans to escape proper accountability for what they’re doing to this country and its people.

aug 24, 2025, 10:45 am • 5 0 • view
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Blue Meme @bluememe.bsky.social

How do you write an article describing such blatant scams without using the words “Ponzi” and/or “Pyramid”?

 wsj.com 1) By buying Strategy, new shareholders are overpaying for bitcoin. They could easily buy the cryptocurrency for themselves directly or via an ETF 35% cheaper. The much-touted rise in bitcoin per share happens because it exploits investors' willingness to overpay for Strategy's shares. Strategy's strategy is, in effect, trading against its new shareholders. This unusual approach can only work so long as investor demand for the idea exceeds the supply of shares from Strategy and its copycats. The premium has already dropped a lot as it has been exploited by Strategy and if it disappears, the whole approach comes to an end. 2) Strategy is moving the price of bitcoin itself. The company is now so big that its issuance and purchases might be what has pushed up the price of bitcoin recently. If it ever needed to sell to raise cash for its debt repayments, bitcoin is likely to take a hit.
aug 24, 2025, 1:40 pm • 22 4 • view
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₿Itcoin ₿ro @bitcoinbro.bsky.social

Because Bitcoin isn’t a Ponzi or a pyramid, or a bubble for that matter.

aug 24, 2025, 2:12 pm • 2 1 • view
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Beegee 2020 @beegee2020.bsky.social

In every Ponzi scheme there are some early participants who genuinely did very well. The key is to have the subsequent, prospective participants look only at the success of the first waves and not suspect that they are being teed up to be fleeced

aug 24, 2025, 2:35 pm • 1 0 • view