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[–] [email protected] 190 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hawk Tuah

Pump and dump

Oh come on now

[–] [email protected] 127 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I can only imagine that the writers at The Onion are going insane because they just can't compete with reality anymore.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

At this point they're just the news. Actually they're more accurate. No creativity needed anymore.

[–] Skullgrid 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

why do you think they bought infowars?

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[–] UnhingedFridge 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, isn't it more of a spit and quit?

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[–] hperrin 143 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's the last time I invest in an opportunity championed by someone who's only claim to fame is their explanation of how to properly suck a dick.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

hey now id like to see you transform that claim to fame into a wildly successful media presence /halfjoke

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

Cash me outside girl gets an idea.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's an unregulated security. It's illegal to pump and dump Netflix stock, but not StoopidCoin. No laws were broken. And it's only going more 1929 from here...

[–] TotallynotJessica 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The cycle isn't a century long, but 80-90 years

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 week ago (2 children)

At this stage, I have no sympathy for anyone dumb enough to invest in an obvious pump-n-dumps.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago (4 children)

there’s more people out there than you think. your exposure to the concept is relatively niche and privelaged, i think there’s still massive chunks of the population with exploitable cash out there that cons like this seek to exploit

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I understand that, but I seriously doubt these people are losing essential money. If you can afford to buy Hawk Tuah coins for the 'community aspect' then they probably aren't at risk of losing their life saving.

There's a big gap between what's happening here and telescammers robbing grannies for example.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago (11 children)

you’re free to believe that, without proof there’s no argument either way, and in any case it’s my personal belief this kind of manipulation of assets should be illegal no matter the target audience

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Don't get me wrong, I'm not claiming this isn't insider manipulation, or that it should be legal.

What I'm saying is people have a personal responsibility to be informed about the risks associated with cryptocurrency.

At this point, if you lose money on a pump-n-dumps, that's all on you.

The same could not be said five years ago, when influencer coins were unheard of.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

They purposefully went after people who know nothing about crypto. But yeah it was pretty obvious for those who know anything above "buy Bitcoin"

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 week ago

Every time a notable/famous person or "influencer" or whatever talks about a crypto coin, it is a pump and dump. Shes just doing what all the other scumbag influencers are doing.

For years now crypto has just been another tool to extract wealth from the lower class.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 week ago (2 children)

You think she gets tired of being called a "girl"?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago

definitely. despite her bad actions i do feel bad for the misogyny she experiences. especially the whole getting pressured to make an OF stuff. i hope it doesn’t get to her and she can grow past the bad shit and have a fulfilling life

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Only if the money dries up.

Edit: I feel I should clarify. If I could make a living doing very little and being called a ___ girl. I’d take it too. And I’m a cis male.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah i'd take being called a something "boy" if that brand made me money.

In fact i'm being called "boy" more time than i can count due to my short stature and i'm not even making much dough.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Relevant user name, but sorry dude, that’s bullshit.

People used to call me big guy when I was younger and it also annoyed me (felt like they were talking to me like a little kid). I hope it gets better as you get older, it did for me.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh right, the candlestick is the name given to a type of "error bar" chart in trading. When a pump and dump scheme happens, it typically draws a big big candlestick on charts.

And, y'know, benis :DDDD

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

i chuckled lmao ty for explaining

[–] Skullgrid 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And, y’know, benis :DDDD

ebin :DDDD

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

FUUGGGG X-DDDDD

[–] gedaliyah 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 week ago (4 children)
  • getting the bag ✅
  • legal ✅ (but shouldn’t be)
  • ethical ❌
  • funny ✅
  • doesn’t contribute to systemic oppression by the ruling class ✅

i dunno, passes more vibe checks than most disgusting people i hear about these days 🤷‍♀️

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I mean, the only people who got ripped off are Crypto bros soooooo

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 week ago

Nope, she marketed specifically to fans that are new to crypto by saying it's a way to interact with her.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

Crypto bros don't fall for those obvious scam , but they fall for other more complex scam like Luna . That's just normal peoples getting robbed by influencer

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

not true. disturbed by the upvotes at this misconception—crypto bros are the scammers, she marketed to fans who had never touched blockchain before as a fresh market of exploitable cash.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

If she promises to make her podcast 'Talk Tuah' go away, then I say we call it squaresies

[–] gedaliyah 4 points 1 week ago

No lies detected

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

It's definitely not legal, it's more a matter of 'if' the SEC gets involved than 'can' the SEC get involved.

She made a million+ in fees and facilitated a presale of multiple millions in validation, it definitely contributed to rich getting richer activities.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait! The coin is called "Hawk" ? And they didn't spect a "Tuah"? That's hilariously funny

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

The Hawk & Tuah scheme

[–] caveman8000 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

It's funny how everyone was calling here just some dumb bj girl and now she's suddenly a criminal mastermind...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Would've been a mastermind had she succeeded, now she's just a dumb bj criminal. She's sullied the reputation of good bjs.

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[–] franklin 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This timeline sure is stupid

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[–] GrammarPolice 9 points 1 week ago

I guess she hawked and tuahed that coin amirite haha

[–] Illegalmexicant 9 points 1 week ago

I don't want to live in this reality anymore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I guess the podcast thing wasn't going well and this is the attempt to cash out on the last few seconds of her 5 minutes of fame?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

so my understanding is actually that she’s more of an exploited middleman/useful idiot in this situation

from her videos its obvious that a) she has a pretty big management team backing her and b) she actually has no clue what she is talking about with crypto

from this i conclude (could be wrong but my best guess given what i have seen) that it’s actually her team that’s cashing out on her by approving and aiding whatever crypto devs approached her with this move. she’ll probably make a good profit of course, but it strikes me as her PR team intentionally kneecapping her on the way out.

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