President-elect Trump launched his own cryptocurrency overnight and swiftly appeared to make more than $25 billion on paper for himself and his companies.

Why it matters: The stunning launch of $TRUMP caught the entire industry off-guard, and speaks to both his personal influence and the ascendancy of cryptocurrency in his administration.

  • It also speaks to the nature of the crypto industry that someone could have $25 billion worth of something that literally did not exist 24 hours previously.
  • @amzd
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    21 month ago

    Anonymous online payment is cool and all right up until you fill out your address so they can bring whatever you paid for to your house.

    • Gregor
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      01 month ago

      That’s fair, but I was talking about online payments for digital goods, such as VPSes, vpns, donations, etc.

      Also, let’s say irl stores adopted cryptocurrency as a payment method. Your bank wouldn’t know what you’re buying and therefore wouldn’t be able to sell that information.

      • @amzd
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        01 month ago

        Companies selling digital goods still need to do taxes so they need to know where they are selling their product.

        Your bank […] wouldn’t be able to sell that information.

        My bank is not allowed to sell my data by law.