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by bequanna 4087 days ago
People promoting their own investments to push up the price!?!?! Gasp!

Everything you describe happens in the equity market as well. It's simple speculation, not a Ponzi or Pyramid Scheme.

Also I'm not going to go into the details of each, but: Ponzi Scheme != Pyramid Scheme != Speculation