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Are we such a society of gamblers now that we bet on Fed interest rate changes?news.bitcoin.com/88-chance-of-no-change-fedwatch-tools-bold-call-ahead-of-next-fed-meeting/

60 sats \ 8 comments \ @AlCoHoLnAcEtOnE 3 Jan lol

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39 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 3 Jan

This is what the fiat machine incentivizes. Monetization of everything.

80 sats \ 0 replies \ @AlCoHoLnAcEtOnE OP 3 Jan

I think money degrades human empathy too

40 sats \ 0 replies \ @AlCoHoLnAcEtOnE OP 3 Jan

I agree, I heard one time that money is a mentality and robs you of time.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 3 Jan

Always was

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Enemy_of_the_state 3 Jan

Yeah I lost a lot of sats betting against the latest cut on bitcoinprediction.market Degenerate

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AlCoHoLnAcEtOnE OP 3 Jan

Wow, so this started out as things effecting Bitcoin specifically and evolved into betting on anything? I just observed polymarket a bit and their betting on South Koreas president being arrested by the 31st which is funny cuz they were arresting him today I think, so you could make a buck on that if you got on it haha ugh, we're all just in a fuck the world state of mind I guess

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Skipper 3 Jan

bitcoin.com is a shitcoin website trying to scam newbies into buying a failed fork 'BTC Cash'

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @AlCoHoLnAcEtOnE OP 3 Jan

That's besides the point though Skippy , I keep it for the rewards and came across this article during the competition of one of the steps and it blew my mind that about halfway down the picture shows people making bets on what the feds going to do. It's just insane, that those kind of bets are happening.