• MsPenguinette@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Dr. Hamley notes that, after 25 years locked together in a cell, Stoker will either have had his brain reduced to psychological mush, or have started his own worthless form of bitcoin.

    “Hard to say which is more tragic,” the doctor added ruefully

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    9 months ago

    What’s really funny is that SBF is well known in the crypto space, but the way he made his first fortune had nothing to do with crypto at all.

    It was good old fashioned currency arbitrage that originally involved transporting suitcases of paper money on passenger airline flights.

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    9 months ago

    Even worse… he’s vegan.

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      9 months ago

      Next you’ll tell me he does CrossFit (though looking at him it doesn’t seem so.)

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        9 months ago

        No, but he’s into Effective Altruism, which is yet another thing you just don’t want to talk to people about.