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72 Why Would People Trust Crypto? with Finn Brunton and Molly White (Trust episode 2)

Reimagining the Internet

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Cryptocurrency Is a Ponzi Scheme

People are going to crypto because they see advertisements of 20% APR or these very high returns, which normally, if you see enormous APY like that, you're looking at a Ponzi scheme. And so people really got taken for a ride because I think they assumed that there were similar protections as exist in the traditional financial system.

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