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“If it involves money. It’ll be on our platform. Money or securities or whatever. So, it’s not just like send $20 to my friend. I’m talking about, like, you won’t need a bank account.”

Well that sounds terrifying!

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[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Nope, not even for a free pony.

[–] roo@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

He's a grifter. All he needs is a routine bet from a billion people and he potentially pays back on loans. He thought it might be possible with subscription, but he's considering a way to emulate previous cryptocurrency manipulation now.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago
[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Looks at towering pile of timelines Musk has committed to and failed to deliver on.

I've got just the spot for this news.

[–] Gerula@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Damn, the idiot has been loose eating Tide pods again ...

[–] Jinfox@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Let's trust all our saving to this dude making random decision, wannabe memelord, who just sank 40 billion of his own money on a bet. All that just to take revanche on PayPal who threw him out of the board because they didnt trust him and his idea to have a company called X

[–] Kbin_space_program@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

It already exists, it's called Wechat. And it's run by Winnie the Pooh.

[–] Noit@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I set up a play-money prediction market on whether this would happen, and it doesn’t look like many people have faith in Musk to pull this one off.

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