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WA-03 Democrat

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11. Buy drugs or weapons?
Fri May 29, 2026, 07:28 PM
18 hrs ago

There is no physical asset behind it, no bank, no country, no hard currency. It’s just a digital asset that sits on a server and in someone’s or thing’s digital wallet. The values swing and the valuation is suspect like everything else these days. Where are those 2 missing pilots we got out during Easter weekend now?

Think of it as a bag of magic beans that don’t work-but we have a billion more now.

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isn't that why they use crypto? so the gov't can't seize it? rampartd 20 hrs ago #1
I suspect that the sanctions placed on Iran have fixed any problems to access the regime had. littlemissmartypants 20 hrs ago #4
Are crypto assets real? Being a basic (poor) person on a fixed income I really don't know... wcmagumba 20 hrs ago #2
I'm no expert Laha 19 hrs ago #6
Buy drugs or weapons? WA-03 Democrat 18 hrs ago #11
Trump stealing everything down to the studs is official US policy. Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #3
This stillspkg 15 hrs ago #13
It is a clinical seminar: How psychopaths function when they have no restraints. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #21
I so wished that the pedopres did not represent me or all the other decent Americans in any way. efhmc 15 hrs ago #14
Our country is run by ruthless, dangerous, psychopaths. Irish_Dem 7 hrs ago #22
What's His Cut 2na fisherman 19 hrs ago #5
I expect we'll never know. Harker 19 hrs ago #8
That was my first thought, 2na fisherman. They probably took more than that but we're only hearing about a small bit. littlemissmartypants 19 hrs ago #9
Since it's fake money anyway, they'll keep all of it FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #10
I don't believe it. paleotn 19 hrs ago #7
"Crypto Assets" mdbl 17 hrs ago #12
IMO this is one more grandiose lie. No evidence to support it and dealing with a "currency" which exists in abstraction Ford_Prefect 15 hrs ago #15
My question is why does Bessent seem to be doing Marco Rubio's job? littlemissmartypants 12 hrs ago #18
I thought the vaunted "blockchain"..... SergeStorms 6 hrs ago #23
$1 billion in crypto assets Roy Rolling 14 hrs ago #16
These seized assets are the assets of the Iranian government. littlemissmartypants 12 hrs ago #17
Good to know the US Treasury can do this Deminpenn 9 hrs ago #19
So Will This Be Counted modrepub 7 hrs ago #20
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