alt Hacker NewsCrypto bros in hindsight were so much less dangerous than AI bros. At least they weren't trying to construct data centers in rural America or prop up artificial stocks like $NVDA.
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zahlman • today at 2:50 AM
Speaking of which, we never found out the details (strike price/expiration) of Michael Burry's puts, did we? It seems he could have made bank if he'd waited one more month...
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quaintpartridge • today at 2:12 AM
They were, just not as many. https://www.wired.com/story/the-worlds-biggest-bitcoin-mine-...
mgfist • today at 5:26 AM
It's funny how people complain about the rust belt dying and factories leaving rural communities and so on, then when someone wants to build something that can provide jobs and tax revenue, everyone complains.
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Instead they were building crypto mining warehouses in rural America and propping up artificial currencies like BTC.