Cryptocurrency exploded in an ideal niche: the confluence of maximum greed and the death throes of critical thinking. All its proponents needed was enough crypto-compensated celebrities and “affluencers” to sell the concept to the gullible, and it was off to the races.

@cassandra17lina Greed, yes, but the world's criminals were looking for a better way to launder their money and they found it. Cryptocurrency made ransomware profitable. I think that is a much stronger influence than any lack of critical thinking.

I'll also point out that the cryptocurrency markets crashed last year. It happened after Russia invaded Ukraine and the sanctions started kicking in... 🙄