For some right-wing libertarian-minded coiners, the right to freely trade crypto takes precedence over opposing a Russian invasion of a sovereign nation
Last month, a non-fungible token, or NFT, collector who goes by the pseudonymous Twitter handle @punk6529 posted a 56-part Twitter thread … Tweets: @martinsfp , @economictimes , @newrepublic , @shokunin_studio , @newrepublic , and @silvermanjacob Tweets: Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp : “They have given up on politics entirely and will switch sides in a war based on how it affects their wallets.” https://twitter.com/... @economictimes : With the addition of #Dogecoin, the list of #donations supported by #cryptos is now extended to half a dozen. The dog-themed meme coin joins #Bitcoin, #Ethereum, #Tether, #Solana and #Polkadot https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ ... @newrepublic : The crypto economy, which lacks liquidity and relies on balky gray-market exchanges in obscure jurisdictions, likely cannot provide more than a haphazard, temporary solution for Russian elites trying to convert their rubles into even more volatile crypto. https://newrepublic.com/... Shokunin / @shokunin_studio : “Libertarianism use the rhetoric of freedom and democracy to cloak the raw pursuit of personal power. Critics of political libertarianism have long pointed out that quite a few of its leading figures (Hayek, Mises, Friedmans) ended up supporting right-wing dictators.” https://twitter.com/... @newrepublic : The government of Ukraine is now also the owner of at least 89 NFTs, which likely don't have much use in war (or perhaps anywhere else). https://newrepublic.com/... Jacob Silverman / @silvermanjacob : I wrote about the opportunities Bitcoin maximalists see in Russia's invasion of Ukraine and why some right wing coiners believe that the freedom to trade crypto is more important than any other right. https://newrepublic.com/...