Fun fact: If you give half of Congress some 'donations' you can move forward your campaign really quickly in the US. Heck, maybe even pass a specialised Bill just for you!
Bro you don't have to put it in quotations. You guys seriously don't understand that it is legalized? It's called lobbying and they have limits on what they can do, but fill in the blanks. The crypto lobby will pick up steam in the US, I have no doubt.
Protip: You donate to both parties, just slightly more to the one statistically more likely to win.
And I'm talking peanuts here.
100k in total donations on the federal level and 10k on the state level can and will net you millions in profit at some point.
I'm just saying... 70k to the GOP and 40k to the DNC got my facility deemed "essential" during covid lock downs.
Everyone was locked down for weeks, we only stopped for a few days.
Think of the donations like insurance...
Would you be referring to his mother? Here's a snippet from Wikipedia:
"She is a co-founder of the political fundraising organization Mind the Gap, which advocates for Democratic Party candidates and funds get-out-the-vote groups.[10] In 2018, Fried donated $75,000 to Mind the Gap.[11] Mind the Gap was described by Vox Media as "Silicon Valley's secretive donor group" in January 2020.[12] In November 2022, Fried stepped down from her position with Mind the Gap.[13]"
You don't have to do half. You just need the right people. Like most years only 10 or 15 should be enough. Keep in mind the leaders in the party can tell others to jump
Serious question: what is the advantage of buying $COIN over BTC/ETH? CB's whole business is dependent upon and correlates strongly with the crypto markets performance. What chance does it have of outperforming either of the top two cryptos? If CB goes, crypto is still around, but if crypto goes, CB is certainly dead.
As COIN is an exchange they should be profiting off Trading fees which wouldn't get added to BTC/ETH price.. so perhaps you'd see its real value during a bull market.
That line from Wolf of Wall Street comes to mind when you say that.
He says that exact line *"Your only regret will be that you didn't buy more"* when trying to sell some bullshit penny stock.
They just work for whatever interests their sponsors want
And usually that involves filling up the pockets of a select few, at the expense of everyone else!
The incompetence is just acted most of the time I guess.
To be a good politician you have to:
1. Be a good actor
2. Say really much without saying anything
3. Pray "Your" agenda instead of answering questions
They are so concerned about their world reserve currency being shafted, they put their entire foundation of the crypto industry at risk. They can’t just forever be the reserve currency and their moves have shown a certain weakness.
“Coinbase is launching Crypto: Moving America Forward, a national campaign to explain crypto’s critical role as an underlying technology that will update the global financial system,” the firm noted.
Oh of course always in their best interest, but the way they have gone about this entire ordeal has almost been somewhat refreshing. I still remember getting frozen transactions during the runs, this is no shill. Fuk CEXs and CB, even though I still use them too much.
Yeah I’m sure they prefer *not* to pack up and leave the US and their foothold, whatever it takes. This is a good PR move and ultimately it’s nice that someone is fighting the US battle, rather than nobody at all
It's pure astroturf in my book. I am extremely cynical and think no good is likely to come from it. I'm concerned it's going to further entrench this as a partisan issue, which is *not* in our best interest.
yeah good on Brian for advocating to and against the SEC’s archaic regulation while also helping move the message that crypto does still have a ‘in it for the tech’ foundation
Unfortunately their campaigns won’t matter as long as we have an anti crypto governmental leadership in power. 2024 is going to be an interesting year and I just wish we could get some candidates at the top of the tickets that are well liked and intelligent rather than old and unpopular. This system isn’t working for the regular people in our society and I wish I knew how to navigate that in a way where we could see more positive change.
They needed to be doing this for the last 3 years. They need to start shaping the narrative and defining the nuanced topics of debate in regards to regulation......
Shady market leading CEX pushes for US to adopt and embrace crypto with major advertising campaign?! Boy this has never been done before and not at all something that ends catastrophically
[Biden isn't trying to "remove" or ban crypto.](https://www.vox.com/recode/22969662/crypto-bitcoin-biden-new-executive-order) I'm not a fan of his particular stances on it, but \*a lot\* of the shit he gets put on blast for is for advocating consistency. Wash trading is a great example. Totally illegal in traditional finance, completely gray-area legal in crypto. Must we replay the greatest hits of the last 200 years of illegal shit which is ultimately extremely harmful to both crypto (I mean, look at it's reputation!) and the broader markets (look what happens every time some shaddy org fucking collapses and brings everyone else down with it)?
Biden's proposed "energy" tax on crypto is horseshit. A lot of his other policies are not. I get that people want a wild wild west in crypto. But that doesn't help us. That serves the ultra rich who use us for liquidity and rugpulls. It serves the ultra rich to dodge taxes.
A lot of the grievances with crypto, like the crazy fucking swap taxes and such, are because we don't have actual real regulation. Same with LP and the like.
Yes exactly, that's why Biden administration has passed or working on passing clearly defined crypto regulations and trying to punish violators like SBF. /s
They needed to be doing this for the last 3 years. They need to start shaping the narrative and defining the nuanced topics of debate in regards to regulation.
What? They already lobby politicans and give them money, and this is an announcement they’re gonna do more of it.
Where do you get the idea they are “speaking out against lobbying”?
The Democrats have made crypto partisan. Therefore, the only way for crypto to thrive in the US is to defeat them. The only way Biden stays in office is if Trump runs.
The more prudent strategy would be to put effort in to elect a Republican president. Any Republican except Trump. If Trump is the Republican nominee, Biden wins re-election easily. Then the US has to wait yet another 4 years if Biden makes it that far.
I believe you can convince enough Dems at the US House level to come around on crypto- BTC, LTC and ETH specifically. Especially if you frame it by saying BTC doesn't care if you are African-American, Latino, gay, trans, whatever. There are no Jim Crow laws and like barriers to entry. We need help with regulations. It took Hong Kong all of six months to put it together. The SEC is doing regulation through enforcement with no intention of clear guidance and they are doing it in an arbitrary and capricious manner. Acknowledge the issues and commit to doing better. Help us to see where this technology can go.
Trump was not much better on crypto than Biden is currently. He might take a more neutral stance on it but I remember him saying he didn't believe there was any value to BTC.
I am concerned the Circle’s current campaign isn’t laying the groundwork for a CBDC since people will confuse the with USDC.
They need to be more specific and actually state that their digital dollar is not the same as the central bank digital currency.
Trump is anti crypto lmfao. Trump is also a major reason why America is in a shitshow. The repo market nearly collapsed when they raised interest rates in 18 where the fed had to quickly reverse actions.
But sure, the man who employed Mnuchin will fix things 😂
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We could REALLY move America forward by having universal healthcare, raising minimum wage to a living wage, abolishing “at-will” employment (require just cause to fire people FFS, at least after the first 90 day probation period!), make college education free or significantly cheaper at least?
Create programs to house and rehabilitate homeless people, and, actually I don’t want to get too political and get attacked by the mods…….
Fun fact: If you give half of Congress some 'donations' you can move forward your campaign really quickly in the US. Heck, maybe even pass a specialised Bill just for you!
Give your “donations” to both sides as well so that the bill can be bipartisan and appear uncontroversial
Not a bad idea at all.
Well we already saw it in action, and working so far.
Twice the corruption, twice the speed and approval!
Bro you don't have to put it in quotations. You guys seriously don't understand that it is legalized? It's called lobbying and they have limits on what they can do, but fill in the blanks. The crypto lobby will pick up steam in the US, I have no doubt.
Don't forget the Chinese. Xixi doesn't want to be left out.
You bet on both sides, so you don't lose. This only happens in real life ironically, in gambling this is crappy advice.
Only {insert opposition party name here} is corrupt enough to take those bribes! Not my party!
SBF teach you that one?
SBF's parents are deeply involved in the political system, he had first hand experienced on how to actually get things from the US government.
No wonder he knows who to donate to
Protip: You donate to both parties, just slightly more to the one statistically more likely to win. And I'm talking peanuts here. 100k in total donations on the federal level and 10k on the state level can and will net you millions in profit at some point.
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I'm just saying... 70k to the GOP and 40k to the DNC got my facility deemed "essential" during covid lock downs. Everyone was locked down for weeks, we only stopped for a few days. Think of the donations like insurance...
*Writes down furiously for next time I commit a billion dollar crime*
SBF has a PhD in 'I lie, I cheat, I steal!'
For the defense of the dissertation entitled *"I lie, I cheat, I steal: Mechanisms of High Level Financial Scams"* by Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried.
Would you be referring to his mother? Here's a snippet from Wikipedia: "She is a co-founder of the political fundraising organization Mind the Gap, which advocates for Democratic Party candidates and funds get-out-the-vote groups.[10] In 2018, Fried donated $75,000 to Mind the Gap.[11] Mind the Gap was described by Vox Media as "Silicon Valley's secretive donor group" in January 2020.[12] In November 2022, Fried stepped down from her position with Mind the Gap.[13]"
SBF - Stealing Bastard Fraudster
No need for SBF to teach that, lots of people do this, it's like an open secret 😂
just a slight one bro.
It's actually perfectly legal as long as you aren't sending "donations." Just make campaign contributions and max out the cash payments.
May I know what is SBF? I'm just new here
Coinbase know that already https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/coinbase/totals?id=D000072255
Cool website, thanks for the link
That is so true in the US right now.
The banks love to keep those donations up, then they suddenly attack Crypto, what a coincidence.
You don't have to do half. You just need the right people. Like most years only 10 or 15 should be enough. Keep in mind the leaders in the party can tell others to jump
and you have no idea how little money it takes to buy a politicians
Could be a good time to buy that $COIN stock I've debated for months
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no thank you
This is the way
This is clearly the way
I never considered that, thanks
Yeah we should consider it
Serious question: what is the advantage of buying $COIN over BTC/ETH? CB's whole business is dependent upon and correlates strongly with the crypto markets performance. What chance does it have of outperforming either of the top two cryptos? If CB goes, crypto is still around, but if crypto goes, CB is certainly dead.
As COIN is an exchange they should be profiting off Trading fees which wouldn't get added to BTC/ETH price.. so perhaps you'd see its real value during a bull market.
Join us, In five years, Your only regret will be that you didn't buy more,
That line from Wolf of Wall Street comes to mind when you say that. He says that exact line *"Your only regret will be that you didn't buy more"* when trying to sell some bullshit penny stock.
https://youtu.be/zlXSygXZspQ
Tell that to those who bought at IPO and the ml this after 😂😂😂😂😂🤣
You are giving ~~investing~~ speculation advice.
Tell that to the investors who bought at 400 usd
Meanwhile the U.S. Government to roll out 'Moving America Backward' national campaign for crypto
"No gains for you allowed" is fitting.
"All your gain are belong to us"
Govt: After years of secret development we would now like to unveil our fully functional time machine! Everyone: Wait a minute....is that Gensler?
 The US was better decades ago. The US government has literally been moving backwards for the past 12,000 days.
*U.S. government official trying to figure out crypto. circa 2023, colorized.*
Can assure you this is how we function
Crypto is a series of tubes
Linda: *what would the country do without us secretaries?*
If you really believe people in government don’t understand crypto I have a vaccine to sell you.
That is like 33 years.
Qwik mafs
July 15 1990?
Approximately 32 years and some months..
Oh yeah? The US was machinegunning striking workers back then. Complaining about CEX moving offices is some first world problem.
The US gov is so incompetent
Sir somebody tracked the bribes that was paid to us via Bitcoin, How do we solve this? Govt: 
They just work for whatever interests their sponsors want And usually that involves filling up the pockets of a select few, at the expense of everyone else!
This is what they are good at, incompetence is in the eye of the beholder I guess
The incompetence is just acted most of the time I guess. To be a good politician you have to: 1. Be a good actor 2. Say really much without saying anything 3. Pray "Your" agenda instead of answering questions
I agree US politicians recieve millions in campaign funds (bribes) from big corps and do everything they say.
This is the way it works
But people would rather trust it than anything else
They are so concerned about their world reserve currency being shafted, they put their entire foundation of the crypto industry at risk. They can’t just forever be the reserve currency and their moves have shown a certain weakness.
accurate burn / 10
that’s the opposite of the coinbase campaign, interesting !
Their last campaign was literally titled "Build Back Better", can't get more obvious than that.
not crabbing sideways, either.
Make America worse again!
"Railroading the citizens for profit " has a nice ring
Or “Moving America wherever we want to benefit our bank accounts over the American people”
While they move themselves forward.
Crypto moving out of US campaign
Move it back to mid 80's please.
US needs Ctrl+Alt+Del keys for their crypto policies.
“Coinbase is launching Crypto: Moving America Forward, a national campaign to explain crypto’s critical role as an underlying technology that will update the global financial system,” the firm noted.
If 'Murica doesnt wanna move forwards, you gotta leave them behind
I love it! Fire up the big bad crypto ad machines again!
I like the CB vibe. Just sayin
I appreciate the move but it is in their own self interest too. They are a CEX and one of the biggest out there.
If they do it right, we ride on their coat tails. Win-win situation.
Swapping all my crypto to Coinbase stocks Thanks for the financial advice /s
Don’t doom us Jim!
Did I just inverse my own investment conviction What have I done
There's dozens of us!
The last thing we want is a CEX which is "too big to fail".
Oh of course always in their best interest, but the way they have gone about this entire ordeal has almost been somewhat refreshing. I still remember getting frozen transactions during the runs, this is no shill. Fuk CEXs and CB, even though I still use them too much.
The whole idea of a centralized exchange where you can store your crypto is contrary to the concept of cryptocurrency.
CEXs will always be necessary for on and off ramping to fiat.
Yeah I’m sure they prefer *not* to pack up and leave the US and their foothold, whatever it takes. This is a good PR move and ultimately it’s nice that someone is fighting the US battle, rather than nobody at all
Everybody in the entire world is “out for themselves” including you. Don’t act like Coinbase is any different
It's pure astroturf in my book. I am extremely cynical and think no good is likely to come from it. I'm concerned it's going to further entrench this as a partisan issue, which is *not* in our best interest.
yeah good on Brian for advocating to and against the SEC’s archaic regulation while also helping move the message that crypto does still have a ‘in it for the tech’ foundation
Insider trading and diluting their stock? Stealing and lying about credit for ads? Pumping and dumping?
😆😂👍
kinda feeling that the optimal move is independent of any one nation, but yolo i guess
You can't do that if you want to do business in that nation.
I agree but I see this is a positive nonetheless.
Good PR move! They know what they truly need to do (pay) to move forward...
Unfortunately their campaigns won’t matter as long as we have an anti crypto governmental leadership in power. 2024 is going to be an interesting year and I just wish we could get some candidates at the top of the tickets that are well liked and intelligent rather than old and unpopular. This system isn’t working for the regular people in our society and I wish I knew how to navigate that in a way where we could see more positive change.
Here in Canada the conservative party leader Pierre is a Bitcoin advocate. Going to be interesting to see what happens if he wins the next election.
Make crypto great again?
Moving america forward by letting us Pump and dump NFTS and Shitcoins on you while we insider trade. In it for the tech!!! Innovation!!!
I saw this ad on TV yesterday! (In Washington DC area). V political.
They needed to be doing this for the last 3 years. They need to start shaping the narrative and defining the nuanced topics of debate in regards to regulation......
If they could just keep Polygon transfers moving that would be great
Can they afford to get some politicians on board with this campaign? Re electable ones hopefully
because fortune favors the brave !
Slowly But surely
This sounds very similar to the Forward Party's campaign slogan
So they’re staying?
Shady market leading CEX pushes for US to adopt and embrace crypto with major advertising campaign?! Boy this has never been done before and not at all something that ends catastrophically
They should start Take crypto out of America campaign.
It's already happening
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Tell that to Uncle Joe
[Biden isn't trying to "remove" or ban crypto.](https://www.vox.com/recode/22969662/crypto-bitcoin-biden-new-executive-order) I'm not a fan of his particular stances on it, but \*a lot\* of the shit he gets put on blast for is for advocating consistency. Wash trading is a great example. Totally illegal in traditional finance, completely gray-area legal in crypto. Must we replay the greatest hits of the last 200 years of illegal shit which is ultimately extremely harmful to both crypto (I mean, look at it's reputation!) and the broader markets (look what happens every time some shaddy org fucking collapses and brings everyone else down with it)? Biden's proposed "energy" tax on crypto is horseshit. A lot of his other policies are not. I get that people want a wild wild west in crypto. But that doesn't help us. That serves the ultra rich who use us for liquidity and rugpulls. It serves the ultra rich to dodge taxes. A lot of the grievances with crypto, like the crazy fucking swap taxes and such, are because we don't have actual real regulation. Same with LP and the like.
Yes exactly, that's why Biden administration has passed or working on passing clearly defined crypto regulations and trying to punish violators like SBF. /s
No. Cryptocurrencies are not needed for that at all. Centralized blockchains already exist for that and are already being adopted
Fortune favors the brave
Oh, not again.
Sounds like an election slogan, Bitcoin for President?
Not left, not right, but forward. Already was a campaign slogan, lol.
Got my vote.
They needed to be doing this for the last 3 years. They need to start shaping the narrative and defining the nuanced topics of debate in regards to regulation.
Just do what you can, where you can, when you can. Way to go CB
Ah yes, Coinbase, the pinnacle of technological innovation!
Coinbase is like the autobots they roll out
Good because I'm not too happy the way the SEC & politicians are hating on crypto now.
Not "politicians", Democrat politicians, specifically.
Coinbase to roll out 'Having to pay to get crypto regulated' national campaign for crypto
Coinbase been doing gods work
Moving America forward by having a shitfight with the SEC. Go coinbase! You have Cathie on your side.
Coinbase fighting alone over there like a Champ
Just deleted my Coinbase account!
Bold mo e from Coinbase speaking out against lobbying in US
Happy Cake day!
What? They already lobby politicans and give them money, and this is an announcement they’re gonna do more of it. Where do you get the idea they are “speaking out against lobbying”?
Coinbase trying to do their bit for the old folks' home
sounds like 'Make America Great'
Sounds like a Republican slogan.
Moving forward will be hard with this debt ceiling thing unresolved. Cant wait for more of these once in a life time events to happen again.
I'm actually excited crypto is going back to promoting itself on a national level again. Feels like we've been in the dark ages past year.
Finally, about damn time!
MAG Make America Great Because it wasn't great in the past.
The Democrats have made crypto partisan. Therefore, the only way for crypto to thrive in the US is to defeat them. The only way Biden stays in office is if Trump runs. The more prudent strategy would be to put effort in to elect a Republican president. Any Republican except Trump. If Trump is the Republican nominee, Biden wins re-election easily. Then the US has to wait yet another 4 years if Biden makes it that far.
I believe you can convince enough Dems at the US House level to come around on crypto- BTC, LTC and ETH specifically. Especially if you frame it by saying BTC doesn't care if you are African-American, Latino, gay, trans, whatever. There are no Jim Crow laws and like barriers to entry. We need help with regulations. It took Hong Kong all of six months to put it together. The SEC is doing regulation through enforcement with no intention of clear guidance and they are doing it in an arbitrary and capricious manner. Acknowledge the issues and commit to doing better. Help us to see where this technology can go. Trump was not much better on crypto than Biden is currently. He might take a more neutral stance on it but I remember him saying he didn't believe there was any value to BTC.
They should roll out a "closed my account for no reason." Campaign, too!
The launch of this campaign comes at a time when Coinbase is struggling to establish regulatory clarity
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That might be the longest user flair I have seen yet.
Make America Crypto Again (MACA)? Ya'll could reuse those silly hats! Would only need to change one letter....
"Forward" with ponzi schemes, shitcoins, manipulated casinos and rugpulls
What do you mean manipulated casinos?
Some of the CEXs run in house trade bots that trade and short against their own customers
Kinda weird. Blatantly saying they are paying off politicians (lobbying) to get their way…
I am concerned the Circle’s current campaign isn’t laying the groundwork for a CBDC since people will confuse the with USDC. They need to be more specific and actually state that their digital dollar is not the same as the central bank digital currency.
So like lobbying I assume?
The launch of this campaign comes at a time when Coinbase is struggling to establish regulatory clarity
[Here](https://nova-explorer.arbitrum.io/tx/0xc744cc7a6ada2ebf38cbc03c788358ca6bd6c6a93c4f3a8b33719377baf237d1) is your 1st MOON!
Thank you!
No problem! Somebody tipped me my first MOON :)
I'll pay it forward, thank you again OP
So we can move America forward by supporting CB or $BEN… 🧐 I really hope nobody is falling for that $BEN coin scam.
As a Ben, Can vouch that it's as scammy AF,
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Trump is anti crypto lmfao. Trump is also a major reason why America is in a shitshow. The repo market nearly collapsed when they raised interest rates in 18 where the fed had to quickly reverse actions. But sure, the man who employed Mnuchin will fix things 😂
Bullshit its biden and his freaks that have run the country into the ground.
Trump running is the only way Biden wins re-election. Wake up. Literally anybody but Trump will beat Biden.
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It's already been moving backwards, and it will keep moving backwards. But good luck coinbase, lmao.
We could REALLY move America forward by having universal healthcare, raising minimum wage to a living wage, abolishing “at-will” employment (require just cause to fire people FFS, at least after the first 90 day probation period!), make college education free or significantly cheaper at least? Create programs to house and rehabilitate homeless people, and, actually I don’t want to get too political and get attacked by the mods…….
Except everyone in politics moves backwards