essentially yeah but I think the difference is that a rugpull involves selling off immediately, rather than playing the long game. if the creators of bitcoin had rugpulled early on it wouldn't be worth so much today. the smarter move is to sell off small amounts over time to avoid mass panic and keep the line going up. but a memecoin was never going to have that kind of longevity
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yeah I think this is it. she went viral and immediately became surrounded by the worst types of grifters (her podcast is on Jake Paul's network and Mark Cuban was a guest) so probably someone like that convinced her that crypto was a "legitimate" way to bank off her fame. but yeah it's a scam either way
the conspiratorial part of me thinks that a pump-and-dump was coordinated by a group totally unconnected to her, with the intention of tarnishing her name. anyone with enough capital could have done that
hmm was hoping he'd do something original next since his last two movies were Hamlet and Dracula. now he's a director-for-hire on a legacy sequel? idk
I've liked all of Eggers' movies but it seems like the bigger the budget, the worse the movie ends up being
Oscar who? my favorite movie of 2024 was Love Lies Bleeding
admittedly I don't know any of the details and could be wrong. but are the kinds of people who listen to Talk Tuah really buying into these crypto grifts? seems like too much effort for your average normie. I just assumed most people who bought in are already into crypto trading and just throw money at whatever seems like it might take off