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Does anyone actually make money from stuff like this? (nftandgamefi.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Shere_Khan@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This has to be a scam of some sort, but i don't even see how the people at the top are making money.

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[–] portifornia@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kinda sounds like a ~~great~~ way to launder money.

[–] Poggervania@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wouldn’t be surprised if crypto was 99% being used for this purpose.

Don’t forget, it was popular on The Silk Road because it was hard to trace - a lot of rich folk probably saw an opportunity to move their wealth there

[–] Shere_Khan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

except that the exchanges get hacked/shutdown/blackamiled every third wednesday. Ooops, lost a thumb drive, there goes 10 grand of crypto.