<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> there are some actually serious banking infrastructure topics around crypto these days (see the Digital Euro: <a href="https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/html/index.en.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_eur</span><span class="invisible">o/html/index.en.html</span></a>) . The hyped up abusive consumer exploitation era was all but dead in the wake of the scandals, but of course, Bitcoin is now on a high again and Elon's plans will probably bring all that scamming exploitation back with a vengeance (and without oversight) . As you say - these things are interesting, but their application has been hideous.</p>
