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by fleddr 1490 days ago
Even the speculation part, which admittedly is the vast majority of crypto activity, is not that easily dismissed.

The use case for speculation is making money. Making money is a pretty compelling use case. Most crypto traders are perfectly aware of the risks and play the game anyway.

I mean, the owners of this very site fund a thousand startups only to see 10 succeed. Pure speculation.