The crypto reckoning will be worse than financial

The crypto reckoning will be worse than financial
As the latest crash pointed out, there can be carnage when things inevitably rebalance. (Image: Getty)
Frances Cook
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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