[prions]

So the author points to a link claiming 12% of Ukrainians own crypto, yet triple-a creates a circular reference in trying to substantiate this claim:

- The author refers to: https://triple-a.io/crypto-ownership-ukraine/

- This link calls it an estimate: "It is estimated that over 5.5 million people, 12.7% of Ukraine’s total population, currently own cryptocurrency.(1)"

- Link (1) points to https://triple-a.io/crypto-ownership/

- The link under "Ukraine" in that list points back to the first claim: https://triple-a.io/crypto-ownership-ukraine/

At the bottom of their data page: "The data contained or reflected herein are proprietary of TripleA."

[djbebs]

This is literally an april fools joke...

[prions]

So all of the data for https://triple-a.io/crypto-ownership/ is fake?

[InitialLastName]

It might or might not be fake. All we can say is that it can't be substantiated by anything on their website (they aren't referring to external sources), and that they are pretending that their data has been independently substantiated (presumably hoping nobody actually follows the citation links).

[latchkey]

It is quite a sight to watch someone explain to someone else that something that they read on the internet, might not be believable.

[orblivion]

Given the work he put into it, I took it as a serious steelman argument regardless so I figured he'd give his all for making the case.

[mirntyfirty]

True, and the concerning thing is that it’s indistinguishable from the normal PR and marketing pieces. The Matt Damon commercials are ridiculous.