The crypto reckoning will be worse than financial

As the latest crash pointed out, there can be carnage when things inevitably rebalance. (Image: Getty)

Wed, 01 Jun 2022

There’s a reckoning coming on crypto, and I don’t mean financially. I suspect some of the worst damage will be social.Before the fans start, I don’t count myself as either a crypto lover or hater.Maybe crypto-curious; it’s an interesting technology, and as the acolytes claim, it could have some interesting uses in the future.Few coins have found a use now though, and a lot of those future uses are purely theoretical, with no one able to make it work so far.For that reason, I wouldn’t invest in it myself.Speculation...

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