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edsbs.bsky.social • 6 days ago

The market makes no mistakes

Reposted from WIRED

A spate of abductions has sent crypto executives and wealthy investors in search of ways to protect themselves.

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jasonsclar.bsky.social•6 days ago

Hell of a marketing stunt https://bsky.app/profile/sevensixfive.bsky.social/post/3lihdsw3ars2i

inlovewithnight.bsky.social•6 days ago

“Kidnapping is a business—and businessmen are willing to negotiate…There is honor among thieves.” sure.

aaronblackshear.bsky.social•6 days ago

NGMI

star86above.bsky.social•6 days ago

I love this for them.

stephenmax.bsky.social•6 days ago

micahrumsey.bsky.social•6 days ago

"Sometimes, they go as far as to split wallet keys into several shards, each of which can be stored in a separate high-security bunker across the globe."

Crypto Bros discovered banks again by accident.

drpattijones.bsky.social•6 days ago

Can't imagine why a currency developed for crime would result in this. Wild.

edsbs.bsky.social•6 days ago

Dudes with guns when libertarians and anarchocapitalists pop up

scottyrock.bsky.social•6 days ago

“do you feel in charge?”

brokenseed.bsky.social•6 days ago

You’re breaking the NAP!

andrew.mcguiregis.com•6 days ago

relevant xkcd

highmynameishi.bsky.social•6 days ago

That old RATM song goes, “Some of those that work forces are the same that rob crypto bros” right?

moothecow.bsky.social•6 days ago

lucasjackson.bsky.social•6 days ago

Lot of this going on

mattbrown.bsky.social•6 days ago

i bet they use actual money to pay for those tho

nctopophile.bsky.social•6 days ago

I’ve never seen an advertisement for cash.

ethanlavery.bsky.social•6 days ago

They get paid in crypto, but the level of service fluctuates with the value of the coin.

So it becomes two intersecting plots of "people that want to do you harm." I made a helpful chart:

makeshermark.bsky.social•6 days ago

this makes more sense than the reese cups/diet coke analogies that my econ professor used

ethanlavery.bsky.social•6 days ago

I'm just thinking about an action movie where each act is a vertical line on that graph.

del973.bsky.social•6 days ago

Sometimes the Free Hand pushes your ass into an unmarked van

lfn.bsky.social•6 days ago

The article reads like an alternate Iron Man 2 script, with Daniel Craig aa Hammer muttering into his cigarette, "Demand has gone up significantly"

videoproflo.bsky.social•6 days ago

Market Cap now takes on a whole new meaning.

jaker.fightins.online•6 days ago

the invisible hand is severing my left index finger

mrimperfect34.bsky.social•6 days ago

Can I get the number for Virgil?

stinky-doggy.bsky.social•6 days ago

Business plan: Establish a private security service. It’s just me with a secret service costume and fake gun. Have a business partner kidnap tech executives and owners of massive crypto funds. Charge huge rates for my protection. Occasionally stage a foiled kidnapping. Profit

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