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Fred Rivett

From the beginning, I thought that crypto was pretty dumb. And it turned out to be even dumber than I imagined.

It was hard to believe that people had sent $55 billion in real U.S. dollars to a company that seemed to be practically quilted out of red flags.

I tried to keep a straight face as I imagined him telling that to the congressmen and prosecutors investigating FTX. His supercilious attitude and slovenly appearance reminded me of the disagreeable know-it-all Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons. His answer was so bad, it felt almost unfair to ask him tough questions.

By 2023, the hot spots for crypto billionaires had shifted from the Bahamas and Miami Beach to the courthouses of Washington, D.C., and Manhattan.

Haley Park

 being internet slang for an alpha male, and by the standards of the conference, in which reckless day-trading counted as manliness, he was. 

A more accurate description would be that Saylor was the biggest loser in the room. 

"Stablecoins are basically just a digital version of the U.S. dollar, right?" he said. "There's no monkey business."

  But then he described what sounded very much like monkey business. 

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