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Cryptocurrency's popularity in the U.S. tied to conservative moral foundations (www.psypost.org)
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[–] realharo@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Let's be real, the only reason why the vast majority of people are in it is wanting to get rich by selling it at a higher price to someone in the future.

The term currency is kinda misleading, it's really more like a commodity whose only purpose is price speculation on exchanges.