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		cs702 43 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Binance fired employees who found $1.7B in crypto ... Yeah, crypto is a safer, more reliable alternative for many use cases, including those that are fundamentally honest. For instance, if you're an honest person trapped as a citizen in a despotic authoritarian state that doesn't respect your property rights, crypto may be the safest, most reliable alternative for storing and transferring your hard-earned savings.

gpt5 42 days ago [–]

Ironically, crypto has developed something significantly better for these use cases called stablecoin, which isn't really decentralized.

hephaes7us 42 days ago | [–]

A currency peg is a double-edged sword in and of itself, to say nothing of the risk brought into the equation by having to trust a stablecoin issuer.

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