Ville Sointu

Way back when I was an intern for @profgalloway, I gave this presentation on crypto/DeFi. I was a big believer. It was compelling at the time. But today I looked at it again. And WOW is it flawed + misleading. Everything I got wrong about crypto, a thread🧵

@sytaylor Sounds about right - just add coffee between those paragraphs.

Anyone else have days where their brain is useless and gives you nothing Then others where it gives you so much you need a month to make any sense of it? Stupid brain.

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The NYT, having learned absolutely nothing from its previous botched coverage of "metaverse real estate" is continuing to carry water for people who have a vested interest in making bogus tokens in dead video games seem like The Future. let's 🧵 this

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@dgwbirch FWIW she was a vocal crypto advocate. I'm sure one thing has nothing to do with the other. cointelegraph.com/magazine/eu-po…

EU vice-president charged with corruption bit.ly/3HtbYPa “The arrests followed raids in Brussels which prosecutors said turned up 600,000 euros (£515,000) in cash” Goodness me, have these people never heard of Bitcoin?

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The apparent stabilisation of bitcoin’s value is likely to be an artificially induced last gasp before the crypto-asset embarks on a road to irrelevance. #TheECBblog looks at where bitcoin stands amid widespread volatility in the crypto markets. Read more ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/dat…

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@benedictevans @dgwbirch No no no - It’s just like the internet in the 90s. Few understand.

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