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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago
  • To play to your interests: I'm sure Monero has been instrumental in plenty of direct, Israeli money laundering too.
  • And if that's not enough, cryptocurrency broadly is beloved by many venture capitalists and private equity ghouls. It doesn't need evangelism, which only benefits its investors

Regarding Matrix: it's like you're applying the "One Drop" rule. To address misinfo in two places:

Amdocs was divested from Israeli private ownership since the 80s, funded by Bell, and headquartered in Missouri for decades before Matrix began development, Matrix's team split off entirely a couple years later, and they're in the UK: they're a descendant of a diaspora company.