• lennybird@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Easier to take bribes with crypto. I still stand by this being a huge factor in reduced accountability and accelerating corruption.

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      4 hours ago

      My conspiracy theory is that BTC took off because Russia used as a tool to avoid sanctions. If you look at a chart the timeline matches up and they have had sizeable crypto holdings.

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        3 hours ago

        Oh 100% agreed. Also no surprise that the likes of Musk and Russia have heavily promoted, defended, and relied upon encrypted communications like Telegram, WhatsApp, Signal, etc.

        My conspiracy theory is Rand Paul hand-delivered a key to Putin when he flew to Moscow.