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On the recordJuly 26, 2021
Instead of leaving our financial system at the whims of giant banks, crypto puts the system at the whims of some shadowy, faceless group of super-coders and miners, which does not sound better to me.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren critiques the decentralization of crypto, comparing it unfavorably to traditional banking.

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