The Crypto Conundrum: Can Legitimacy Be Distinguished from Deception?

Those who have been following the cryptocurrency space may recall two major players, Nasdaq and the big two, which have long been synonymous with legitimacy. However, the recent actions of certain companies in this industry have raised questions about their integrity. It seems that some individuals and organizations are having a hard time drawing a distinction between what is legitimate and what is not.

The case of Kryptos, for example, has sparked controversy among investors and regulators alike. While some may argue that the company's press releases and past actions demonstrate its commitment to legitimacy, others see it as a thinly veiled attempt to deceive. It's worth noting that cryptocurrency, like any other asset class, carries risks and uncertainties. However, this doesn't necessarily mean that companies operating in this space are inherently illegitimate.

The Colombian drug cartel scandal involving HSBC serves as a stark reminder of the dangers of doing business with questionable entities. In 2012, HSBC paid a $1.9 billion fine for laundering money for Mexican cartels and other illicit organizations. The fact that cryptocurrency is often associated with this type of illicit activity has led some to question its legitimacy.

In recent months, China has taken steps to crack down on cryptocurrency mining operations within its borders. In April 2021, Chinese police seized 600 computers used for Bitcoin mining due to a surge in electricity demand. While this may seem like a minor issue, it highlights the challenges faced by cryptocurrency users and miners in navigating complex regulatory environments.

Goldman Sachs has recently entered the cryptocurrency fray, hiring Justin Schmidt as Vice President of its Securities Division. However, some observers are skeptical about the company's motivations, given Lloyd Blankfein's well-documented skepticism towards Bitcoin. Blankfein's press releases have been criticized for being overly negative and dismissive of cryptocurrency.

The recent experience of Galvin Cohen, a firm that had to pay fines for advising clients to trade in ways that benefited the company rather than its customers, serves as a cautionary tale. The fact that they are now exploring digital products and positioning themselves as customer-centric suggests that their motivations may not be entirely altruistic.

Ultimately, it's difficult to distinguish between legitimate cryptocurrency companies and those that engage in deceptive practices. However, by examining past actions, regulatory warnings, and industry trends, investors can make more informed decisions about which companies to support. As the cryptocurrency space continues to evolve, it's essential to prioritize transparency and accountability.

The Future of Cryptocurrency Regulation

China's recent crackdown on cryptocurrency mining operations has significant implications for the global cryptocurrency market. The country's growing awareness of the environmental impact of Bitcoin mining has led to increased scrutiny of this industry. While some argue that regulatory restrictions are necessary to mitigate these concerns, others see it as an overreach.

The fact that China has traditionally been a major hub for cryptocurrency trading and innovation suggests that its approach may not be entirely effective in addressing these issues. However, it's clear that the country is committed to regulating this industry, and investors would do well to familiarize themselves with the current regulations and any changes that may be implemented.

Goldman Sachs' entry into the cryptocurrency market marks an interesting development, as it signals a shift towards mainstream adoption. While some observers are skeptical about the company's motivations, it's undeniable that their involvement will increase visibility for cryptocurrency investors. As this space continues to mature, it's essential to stay informed about regulatory developments and industry trends.

The Impact of Social Media on Crypto Perception

The social media landscape has played a significant role in shaping public perceptions of cryptocurrency. While some companies have successfully leveraged social media to promote their brand and build trust with customers, others have struggled to maintain a positive image.

A notable example is Kryptos, which has faced criticism for its social media strategy. The company's attempts to connect with its audience have been met with skepticism, leading to a significant decline in social media scores. This serves as a reminder that companies operating in the cryptocurrency space must prioritize transparency and accountability if they hope to build trust with their customers.

The Case of Justin Schmidt

Justin Schmidt, the newly appointed Vice President of Goldman Sachs' Securities Division, has sparked interest among industry observers. While his name may not be well-known outside of the financial world, his experience in the industry is certainly impressive. As a seasoned professional, Schmidt brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the table.

However, it's worth noting that his appointment raises questions about Goldman Sachs' motivations for entering the cryptocurrency market. Some observers have speculated that the company may be trying to ride the coattails of other successful players in this space. While there's no concrete evidence to support these claims, they do warrant further investigation.

The Gaming and AI Connection

In a surprising twist, it appears that some companies operating in the cryptocurrency space are also dabbling in gaming and AI development. This may seem like an unrelated field, but some industry experts see potential synergies between these areas.

For example, blockchain technology can provide a secure and decentralized platform for gaming applications. Similarly, AI algorithms can be used to develop more sophisticated trading bots and predictive models for cryptocurrency investors. While this is still a developing area, it's clear that companies operating in the cryptocurrency space are exploring new frontiers.

Conclusion

The world of cryptocurrency is complex and ever-evolving. As with any asset class, there are risks and uncertainties involved. However, by examining past actions, regulatory warnings, and industry trends, investors can make more informed decisions about which companies to support. While some may question the legitimacy of certain companies in this space, it's essential to prioritize transparency and accountability.

Ultimately, the cryptocurrency market will continue to face challenges and controversies as it grows and matures. By staying informed and vigilant, investors can navigate these complexities with greater confidence.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwell welcome to Wednesday May 2nd it is hardware security right and crypto thank it's not my second not for Wednesday yeah today was the first Tuesday's the first oh nevermind continue as planned YouTube comments oh this is a follow up I was eleven point three point one fixes that thing or third-party screen repair ease made the iPhone eight touch screens stopped working so apparently Apple it's taking a little bit of heat because if you used a quote-unquote not genuine touchscreen meaning the original OEM touchscreen somehow they could tell the difference they might touch stopped working I think they still made their point they got a huge benefit from this because they scared people into thinking if I do third-party repairs it can be inconvenient for me so didn't really cost them anything and now they can be like oh we didn't really mean to do that we'll fix it see we're always gonna fix it I think this is a win-win for us see we're always gonna fix it you should just bring it to the Apple store exactly that's it for real I really like the note non-genuine replacement displays may have compromised visual quality and may fail to work correctly Apple certified free repairs are performed by trusted experts who use genuine Apple parts we went through this rested a hundred years ago with automobiles and it's BS it's like the same I mean you can totally buy a cheap crappy screen if you want to what business is it of apples if I want to put a cheap crappy sprain in my phone they're basically saying don't buy those cheap Chinese knock-offs well guess who's making them for Apple people yeah you could definitely get the way now it's it's interesting because we had the other story the other day about the repair guy the the guy that was doing the repairs to the screens in Europe or whatever and Apple has since started putting the Apple logo on all of the parts that go into there and I think the reason they're doing that is so that they can say well when you're buying the parts without the Apple logo those parts are you know counterfeit or whatever it's an interesting argument to make because trade laws might actually protect that in in that narrow case but with like the automobile repair laws that at least in the u.s. that kind of behavior is already illegal for automobiles so it'd be interesting to see if we get that a lot of phones people to understand it the same way I think that I'm sort of a big proponent of right to repair and not to ramble or anything but Louis rossman did a video on ten years of Apple repairs and it was great because it was like here's all the engineering problems with it so I wonder what sort of engineering problems Apple is gonna have when they're working out of powerful wireless headset for both the VR and I are there's gonna be so many because they say that you don't need to set up anything in your room like there's all kinds of things that they say oh it's not gonna be like other VR things but they don't this our whole article reads like it was written by a PR person and not a 8k displays for both eyes tech person no wires yeah and you gotta wonder what kind of battery life is it gonna have it's driving to 8k displays they do talk about the they plan to have the processing going on in a separate box and superfast Wireless moving between the two but if you feel totally won't cause brain cancer if you're doing gaming is the latency gonna be an issue there's a lot of questions about this plan in virtual reality and look at their showroom that's what the Cupertino California company has dabbled in smaller VR projects but the headset marks a major investment in VR eyes has seen it they really cheerlead this thing and they they go into the fact that VR has not taken off the way anybody expected it to well a lot of people didn't expect it to take off and they've been proved correct but they say that that's all gonna change because the next couple of years totally gonna be the world of VR just get ready for it or augmented reality right now well what do you think this is gonna cost - okay displays all wireless it's gonna be like five thousand dollars at least no I'm gonna do a thousand yeah well you can so you can get started with about six hundred I think but you still need the computers yeah and that's still you know pretty cost prohibitive for most people so one if you know hypothetical scenario here cuz that's what we're all about level one right what if Apple comes out with something that looks kind of like Google glass but projects using lasers or whatever an 8k display onto the back of your retina do you think the people will just for the like the the social stigma of having the headgear do you think that people look like oh yes I'm very cool look at my cool you know yeah Apple eyeglass I mean isn't that if anyone could pull that kind of crap off I would say it would be Apple because people do the same thing with like Apple watches like they're they're very in Turkey to show off that they've got that the branded you know in fifth element when that guys wearing like the plastic headgear were like his hair sticking out a little bit what if Apple does something like completely over-the-top like that where they're like yeah we're making a fashion statement here's you know you wear your plastic head gear and no you look like the guy from The Fifth Element and that's your AR think about Beats headphones beats headphones people really do just like wear them around all day long because they think that's cool or at least they used to right the problem is that kind of fashion is so fickle it changes rapidly and you're gonna need this to be like a five year product cycle so what happens when people are just like oh that's not cool anymore you switch from aluminum to Space Gray that's what you do yeah new color options you know new prints well I guess you incorporate RGB and that's a White's yeah you replace your normal mechanical switches with these new butterfly switches that malfunction if they get a piece of dust in them I can already see like the ads where it's like here's the old one that's just matte gray here's the new and then it like lights up and it animates the light as it goes around you know play some cool music an 8k directly to the retina projector how long are those batteries in other big hardware news this week Jim Keller has been hired by Intel so hey you know a lot of headlines say that he's aimed these farmers in chief and you know he's going to work for Intel and Intel and as we'll see you know Intel on their earnings call this week ooh I think they got some problems but it seems like Intel is gonna have Jim Keller work on system-on-chip and embedded solutions which is similar to what he was working on for Tesla it makes sense I think until we know with the whole Zen thing that Intel never expected to be out of the catbird seat and they weren't really worried about innovation you know it's like we control innovation you.we will upgrade on our schedule we are the innovation and so now they are headhunting to try and of course it's gonna be a development cycle they're not gonna reap the benefits now but they're sort of they've seen the tea leaves and it's like we have to do something let's go out there and get the talent so that we can eventually get back control of this Intel had their earnings call this week and they announced some really really major things a lot of people are picking up on this but you know Tom's Hardware has the article you know from that earnings call 10 the Intel's 10 nanometre is broken on the call they said we're just not getting the yields that we need out of 10 nanometers which means they don't have enough working processors coming off of silicon they don't really know why I guess you know it's sort of intimated they announced that they're restructuring their manufacturing an engineering group and so part of these these new hi it's not just you know Jim Keller you also remember that Roger CUDA he came over and they're incorporating Vega GPUs onto Intel chips and maybe some other stuff maybe Intel's doing its own GPU so there's a lot of crazy stuff happening at Intel and Intel has got a lot of disposable income to be able to do this kind of stuff they're also I think the thing that saved them is they're still talking about not focusing their entire business on CPU and you know processor they are getting into the big data game they're getting into what we talked about graphics that's sort of the same thing and they're trying to branch out but you wonder if they're hemorrhaging money at the core how good are they're gonna be at branching out yeah and you know flipping to the other side you know their competition with AMD AMD doesn't have its own foundry it doesn't have its own manufacturing process it relies on TSMC and Global Foundries to do their manufacturing and so AMD right now is getting seven nanometers in two samples you know this year right now today from their foundry partner for for their CPUs of right now today seven nanometer technology is being produced by foundries other than Intel which means that they're basically a process ahead of Intel at this point if Intel's delaying their 10 nanometer process until 2019 so in general that's very bad news now that doesn't mean we're gonna seize into this year this is just it's gonna take them like if there's a problem with this it would take them at least three months to do another Reece pin and correct the problems and do testing and that kind of thing but we're also seeing Radeon Instinct GPUs as well on the seven millimeter process and this is not you know like AMD engineering this is Global Foundries and tsmc doing these types of process improvements yeah until did mention they are switching lithography after this next round - so that's I guess that's a bit of a Hail Mary gift as if that fails then what are they gonna do you can't really outsource that because everybody else is doing it a different way the the 7/10 thing there's some semantics in there yeah it's not really seven versus ten so you think oh well seven so much better but it's not something that Intel just be like well we felt at this let's let them do it it's not gonna worry about that if they fail Intel's only option would be to like try to buy Global Foundries or TSMC or something and I don't I just don't see that I will too many a lot of people use Global Foundries and to get sympathy for their chip production and I just don't see it I just don't see it happening I mean right it aimed the even tweeted a picture they were like look at this we got 70 that nanometer Vega Radeon Instinct GPUs in the test lab and this is kind of important because you know Andy you know as much as I love them they're behind a little bit on the AI side of things their their GPUs have the rock compute power but in terms of like AI library performance and you know scientists buy-in or using these kinds of things for AI applications it's not there so they need the performance boost from the process improvement that you'd sort of get automatically in order to be competitive in that market I think certainly why not spend this time perfecting your AI GPU market when all of your gaming GPUs are already sold before you make them because the cryptocurrency yeah yeah yeah the only is feeling sort of what do you call it when the it's the opposite of a black cloud with a silver lining a silver lining with a tiny black cloud and I think there's a word for that there's guys in German gotta be something extreme Tech has this article and it says Andy is moving their 7 nanometre GPU production back to tsmc from Global Foundries so Andy's in kind of a cool position here they've got Global Foundries and tsmc that are both doing silicon production for them and it seems like they get to play the two companies a little bit off of you off of one another I mean I don't get that it's like super intense like Amy's yelling at Global Foundries it's like you guys are worthless look at what tsmc can do for us oh my god I'm going to tsmc and be like well Global Foundries has promised all this stuff I don't think it's like that at all I think they're trying to be a good partner with both companies but I do think it's interesting that there are signs that AMD is you know shaking up what they're doing the seven nanometer well they do mention that they have an agreement with Global Foundries and because they're not letting Global Foundries do all of the fabrication they may actually have to end up paying a fine yeah for every unit that goes to TSMC but they do talk about Global Foundries just simply can't get the seven animator stuff up to speed fast enough and it makes sense AMD they would be stupid not to just keep hitting Intel with release after release because you think they've the last two three releases they've totally eclipsed anything that Intel's done yeah so yeah when your head get more head just yeah don't slow down just keep going keep clawing at it and maybe you'll maybe you will get somewhere and I think that uh I think it probably I don't think the Jim Keller will be at the helm maybe could be wrong I think Jim Keller's gonna go for the system-on-chip thing like I said but I think that Intel does have to look at their core microarchitecture and try to develop the next microarchitecture but that's a five-year process like they have to get their butt in gear and whatever they do and right now today it's not gonna pay off for about five years so it could be a really really crazy situation when we're looking at it in 2023 in other news WF CC tech because you know they're leaking things and it's like AMD rising desktop 21:23 and 2500 X so these are more CPUs maybe and rise in mobile to 2800 you there's the there's for the 2800 glint an ultra-low voltage CPU and also the one that I'm waiting for the thread Ripper 29 50x man if they could take the 2700 X and just put two of those in one package and call it a day I would be so happy so it's a leak take it for what it's worth this these are things that are saying this is ready for mass market so presumably these are in mass production or nearing mass production but we don't actually know because rumor and W FCC Tech and all that so take that with a grain of salt and that's it for hardware news insecurity this week police have taken down the world's largest a DDoS for hire we've actually talked about the service a couple of times in the past it is a global operation I was like where's this based out of and it's like UK US Australia Hong Kong Brian Krebs reckons it's joven Markovic a 19 year old Serbian that's running the whole thing but they had servers everywhere they had administrators everywhere this was a big business and you could get your DDoS starting at $15 very reasonable I would pay that and of course it went up so I'm sure you could pay as much as you wanted to get as much damage as you want it done and no more so I guess that's good news got some other good news for you if you like wreaking havoc and with a USB stick that can blue screen any Windows machine when you plug it in here's some proof of concept code that will trigger an instant BSOD on all recent Windows versions stems from a bug in the way that the operating system handles NTFS but Microsoft doesn't really think it's critical because you have to have physical access to cause the problem I think it's kind of a big deal I mean that seems significant like that would be a problem I don't think it's it you could weaponize it like sometimes you could turn a blue screen into like it's something that takes over the machine I don't think I've figured out how to do that so I guess it just crashes your machine there's still like kiosks and terminals and things like that it's like a plug USB stick and it's like oh it crashes the machine don't do that but it's so it's kind of funny that the operating system is that fragile you know what else is fragile ski-lifts that are open to the Internet yeah there's a it's I'm gonna say it's hilarious but there's a video of people being thrown off of a ski lift on YouTube it's not this ski lift but that's what caused these researchers to say wait a minute we should look into ski lifts and see how you know what's going on the one in the video it was a mechanical failure but these guys that same day found a ski lift in Austria that the all the controls the speed the distance between the cars the tension on the cable which I know they can control so many variables they're pretty cool right and that was just opened on the Internet can you like how low can tension be like can you make two so they're dragging their asses on the ground well you know start looking for open ski lifts and we'll experiment the Internet of ski lifts there was not even a password on this which is the scariest part it's like what do you like what's the password ski list okay that's something I do well yeah they took the ski lift immediately down and fixed it but of course where there's one it's probably a lot more and what brand was that if you see that the mechanical failure video it is just launching people off that ski lift and I'm sure some people got hurt it's like a sort of a Three Stooges kind of funny you're going from the bunny slope just straight the difference in that video being hilarious and horrific is entirely in the soundtrack it's it you've got the you know the Laurel and Hardy like you know saloon piano going on it's really funny yeah you got this screaming you know because people screaming in terror suddenly not not very funny but how many first-time skiers do you think that caught like okay I'm gonna get on the lift and I'm actually gonna go down a hill a lot of people that seemed like they were really struggling and of course you know when they're coming up the hill they see the carnage of and they have time to get ready but they just couldn't the only thing once they got there there's a new C sharp ransom wire that compiles itself at runtime so it's distributed as a string in order to evade detection and it's an encrypted string and it compiles without ever actually hitting the disk and just losing memory so a lot of antivirus has trouble dealing with that this is a proof of concept but you can expect to see it yeah because it's a really good idea and this is your you know that's the only innovation other than that it's your garden-variety encrypt all the files give you instructions on where to pay and get it that kind of thing have you got an Amazon Alexa hey like so or Haribo Kelly Bears researchers have began hacked Amazon's Alexa to spy on the users so this is uh this is really like this is actually a feature of the device until I was unplugged the whole well they this was a skill they called the Alexa apps skills it's just one of those marketing buzzwords and to get a skill on the Alexis store it must be approved they did not get this approved there's no way that Amazon would ever approved this because it did several things it forced the Alexa to not stop listening and it did some weird hacks so that it could actually well it could listen to whole sentences right because the way the Alexa is it listens word by word and these guys sort of hacked it to take any amount of listening then it transcribed that and emailed it back to the people that created the skill so they submitted that Amazon it was immediately fixed but it does it does go to show you how easy it is to MIT to turn these things from helpful little gadgets to horrible Orwellian listening devices what if they get the government ordered to turn it into a horrible Orwellian listening device that's an excellent question moving right along to the next story hackers have built a master key for millions of hotel rooms so this is pretty cool they've built a little RFID thing here they found a flaw in the way that these locks work and the only way to fix it is by updating the firmware on all of the locks currently in service this is one manufacturer but a lot of hotels use it and they were able to for a given hotel all you needed was one key and it could even be an expired key it have to be an active key because you know a lot of times you pack up the key with your luggage you're not thinking about it you leave I think they charge your credit card a couple bucks to make up for it but it's not a big deal they don't care cuz the the keys expire after a certain amount of time but even that expired key had the information that they needed once they scanned it to create this master key for the entire hotel anything I think it's Ving card built by Swedish Lock manufacturer esse a ploy I get I don't know if I'm pronouncing it right four to two thousand properties in 166 countries wow that's a lot of these guys talk about how much time they put into this and they put years of work into this and I don't know if they're gonna be able to monetize it in any way because they went right to the manufacturers but what happened was one of these guys had his laptop stolen from a hotel room and he went to the front desk he was like somebody stole my laptop and obviously they didn't break in how did I get in and hotels like we don't even know and so he was like there must be a way and he began this research and here's worth a book on our site instead yeah because the urban people change the locks after every guest absolutely it's very cost-effective for some guy who's just renting out a cabin somewhere speaking of some people wish to change the locks on their DNS service that was Amazon Amazon suspicious event has hijacked Amazon traffic for two hours so this was not actually in Amazon was kind of an Amazon problem but not really if Amazon correctly implemented DNS SEC I don't think this would have been a problem but an ISP was hacked and the hacked ISP was able to hijack traffic bound for Amazon to send it to somewhere to steal cryptocurrency transactions it was a crypto site that was using the Amazon DNS and someone created a perfect copy of it and routed people to that instead so every transaction made during that time instead of actually doing the transaction simply deposited all of those Kryptos into a given wallet that wallet of course cryptocurrency you go you can just see how much money's in a wallet it's got millions of dollars in it but they only managed to get 150,000 from this one side so that's still a lot but people are asking the question the resources you need to pull off an isp hack at this level are incredible so did they really do it just to hack one side are there other sites we don't know about yet or was this practice probably a little bit of both I think it's interesting too that this was the hack the actual high-speed attack was Columbus Ohio based a net which is a large internet service provider in that area but it was referred to as an ottoman system 102 97 so it caused hurricane electric and possibly hurricane electric customers and other ena peers to send traffic over the same unauthorized routes so all 1,300 addresses that belong to route 53 or redirect it if you use one of those those ice peas and it has to do with like BGP the border gateway protocol and there there are ways to secure BGP as well that this IP should have implemented a long time ago but you need newer hardened like newer as in not ancient hardware to do it and a lot of eyes peace have not upgraded the if you're using a modern browser you would have gotten the HTTPS warning because the certificate did not match so only people who were like do it anyway are the ones that got so pay attention to that speaking of cryptocurrency Nasdaq is can would consider creating a crypto exchange this is just like jaw on the floor level of news Nasdaq like you know isn't that I don't know the most legit financial whatever well it's you know the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq those are the big two and so that that so they're saying kryptos legit right I mean didn't we just cover its I can't imagine you would do business with it if you thought it was a big scam which a lot of these people have seemed too intimated in the past well you know I'm really having a hard time drawing a distinction like based on what these companies have said in the past you know the Colombian drug cartel that HSBC had no idea they were doing business with and cryptocurrency I mean it just it seems like those are on the same level from these guys past press releases but there's money to be made both I'm money to be made with the Colombian drug cartels and they did money they I don't I don't understand what your argument is here I think they're clear if we can make money we will do it we don't care who's on the other side of it that's too bad because China was just starting to get the message that cryptocurrency was bad and you know with that we've had several stories about things happening in China with Bitcoin mining operations and this is just the latest 600 computers have been seized by Chinese police for mining Bitcoin there's not a lot to this story they say that they were caught because of the sudden surge and demand for electricity and that cryptocurrency mining there's nothing really wrong with it except that the demand for electricity is drain on resources well they do certainly have an air pollution problem with China and power generation is one of the big lenders to that so I suppose they can make the argument what was it explicitly against the law I don't remember ever reading that you're not allowed to mine in China I thought well the stories of we reported previously is just trading like mine was okay yeah but not trading so I don't know this in this case they say that the area has strict controls on the use of electricity and that the use of electricity here was not allowed but I have a hard time believing that a 600 computer mining operation just sprung up overnight there's like a threshold it's like electricity in this sector how bad do you think was the hit on these guys social media score really you know they didn't offer a sincere apologies no it's so low but if they jaywalk just one more time they're gonna be disappeared smoking public and so I wonder if China's gonna change its stance once they learned that even Goldman Sachs is getting in on the crypto game Goldman Sachs is just hired crypto trainer Kurdish writer Justin Schmidt I have no idea who that is to lead the digital assets kind of name drops this Justin Schmidt character and it's like well he's 38 but he's joined the Securities Division in New York as vice president Wow a VP at 38 I mean it's nice what he's got a you know a bunch of companies if you were in the business world that probably means something to you but the big story isn't Justin Schmidt who cares who he is the big story is you know Lloyd Blankfein's had terrible terrible things about Bitcoin and really just double down press release after press release just all over it and now it's like oh you know what we'll put somebody in charge of that well what happened was that guy didn't talk to Galvin Cohen because Galvin Cohen said in this press release well hon responds decline interest it's not us it's client interest in various digital products we are exploring how best to serve them in the space this is the company that had to pay fines but because they were advising their customers to take the other side of their trades so like they their trading desk was going one way on a trade and they were advising their customers to take the other side of that trade so they could sell or by or well you know whatever they they got fine for that so of course they have their customers interest now that you know that's the big thing right it's about the customers it's not about making money so what are you suggesting that they're going to use cryptocurrency as a vehicle to separate customers from their money that's now absolutely I need my social media score so I'll refrain from saying anything yeah I mean it's I don't know I don't know the things they're ever gonna get dicey if I have to visit mainland China it's probably fun that's that's it for us for the week we're just gonna contemplate our awfulness and maybe that will improve our social score that's not it for us for the week Oh until Friday what's the point of the week oh yeah well I guess Friday we got coming up I'll just a morsel of gaming and AI robots and nonsense to usual nonsense we've got it now I think we've got a bumper crop of nonsense this week notice that there's some good stuff in there it should be a lot of fun so yeah see you Friday\n"