2025: Who's still talking rubbish about Bitcoin in the mainstream media?

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Quote from: Lucius on February 07, 2025, 06:45:36 AM

When it comes to politicians, I have a saying that says "They turn as the wind blows", or in other words, they adapt to current opportunities in an attempt to remain relevant among their voters. In the light of the event that one of the most powerful people shows sympathy for Bitcoin (fake or genuine is the real question) many people today are turning from haters to fans.

It is similar with business entrepreneurs too.

They are very adaptive and flexible with their words and approaches. The world spins, technology grows very fastly and their minds can change at lightning speed too, when they feel like it's time for changes.

Their words in the past can be actually their thinking or can be lies, but it is not important with them in present and future. If they can change their minds, and can bring good revenue to their companies, they're happy for it. If we as Bitcoin investors or traders, let their words affect our thinking and positions and more seriously liquidations, it's our responsibility, not theirs.

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So I took to digging up some individuals sho have said shitty stuff about Bitcoin which the media took up and served the public like hot pancakes and stumbled upon this video from last year about Ben McKenzie who feels the cryptocurrency industry is a Ponzi scheme and went furtger to illustrate or buttress his claims.
The thing with these individuals is that they forget something; if it has no value, how come it has lasted this long? Has he not seen the case of the Terra Luna USD token and it fell on it's face?

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When it comes to politicians, I have a saying that says "They turn as the wind blows", or in other words, they adapt to current opportunities in an attempt to remain relevant among their voters. In the light of the event that one of the most powerful people shows sympathy for Bitcoin (fake or genuine is the real question) many people today are turning from haters to fans.

In every country there are those who are stupid and say nonsense, or someone pays them to say what they themselves do not believe. As someone already wrote, considering that there are over 8 billion people on earth, if only 1% of the more influential ones say something negative about BTC from time to time, this quickly spreads through social networks and media.

I don't think we should be too concerned about this, but those who have been telling nonsense and lies about BTC for years should be reminded of their statements today and every other day - because that's the only way they might eventually fall silent.

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Quote from: Taskford on February 07, 2025, 06:16:18 AM

Robert Kiyosaki impress me because he's so positive on Bitcoin https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/rich-dad-poor-dad-author-says-bitcoin-is-on-sale-time-to-get-richer and believe that it can bring good fortune to those people who believe on this asset.

He is smart and has a long successful investment career, and it's no surprise to see he is adaptive well to a most biggest innovations in human civilization history, Blockchain technology and Bitcoin.

He does good things to repeatedly advice people who are his followers or only guests, to assign capital for investments in Bitcoin like accumulating as most bitcoins as you can. It's legendary advice and he does it repeatedly.

However, I am not impressed with his predictions on Bitcoin price. He does not need to make predictions at all, because his predictions are not accurate like how predictions and forecast models are mostly wrong.

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Actually there are some close minded medias or known personalities still talking rubbish about Bitcoin.

See this as sample https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-12-06/bitcoin-reserve-would-be-a-bad-deal-for-americans

And some of those negatives head say Dump their Bitcoin and Buy gold which is really a crazy thoughts. Also its hard to digest especially we know that Bitcoin has something more to offer. Robert Kiyosaki impress me because he's so positive on Bitcoin https://www.thestreet.com/crypto/markets/rich-dad-poor-dad-author-says-bitcoin-is-on-sale-time-to-get-richer and believe that it can bring good fortune to those people who believe on this asset.

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Quote from: Judith87403 on January 29, 2025, 02:25:08 PM

You know this was the reason why most people sees bitcoin the other way round, i mean something that is scam probably after listening to All this fake news about bitcoin maybe when you try telling them about bitcoin investment they won't have you say a word because they believe they have gotten the right information from the media.

because they think those information is coming from a reliable source without knowing that most of those information gotten from the media happens to be fake, probably just trying to mislead those who can be so naive to them.

Correct. Just leading the opinions of people who still do not understand about BTC's performance and that is a common thing done by the media in leading personal/someone's opinion as if it were right in the end to gain public support. if I read the link that has been posted by OP.

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Quote from: arcmetal on February 02, 2025, 08:35:35 AM

... What they don't realize is that this problem of "trust" is what bitcoin is able to fix. This is the reason bitcoin is around 100k today. I am bewildered as to why these "economists" have not noticed this yet.

https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/capitalisnt-why-this-nobel-economist-thinks-bitcoin-is-going-zero

And they probably won't.
Why do it, when you have this mindset already about crypto overall? It's a dead space for them, while BTC thrives and evolves adoption-wise.

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Quote from: jaberwock on February 06, 2025, 03:55:05 PM

Quote from: BenCodie on January 30, 2025, 10:52:48 PM

Basically get any bank chair or spokesperson and they'll still say things like Bitcoin has no place in the economy or that it's a shadow economy. Though the great thing is that a lot more progressive people are getting into the seats of power, people who understand Bitcoin, what it stands for and what it can do for our world. Screw the naysayers, they won't last long anyway and have been a dying breed for a decade now Cool

Maybe most of them are like that but there might still be a few that aren't and are only pro in Bitcoin. As for those BTC haters, they can say all negative things that they can think of but they can't erase anymore what BTC have achieved.

Yes I am sure there are people who are pro Bitcoin that have a form of authority. Though those who are in banking positions (the industry which is directly against Bitcoin since it disrupts their industry) are usually against Bitcoin whether they understand it or not.

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Quote from: BenCodie on January 30, 2025, 10:52:48 PM

Basically get any bank chair or spokesperson and they'll still say things like Bitcoin has no place in the economy or that it's a shadow economy. Though the great thing is that a lot more progressive people are getting into the seats of power, people who understand Bitcoin, what it stands for and what it can do for our world. Screw the naysayers, they won't last long anyway and have been a dying breed for a decade now Cool

By ' progressive people ' I think that also means professional people and one good example of this must be Trump but I think not many of them are like him. Haters in BTC still understand BTC though and that is why they hate it.

Yes, what I meant by progressive people are people who are understanding of Bitcoin, its value proposition and why it is a better alternative to the current system.

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Quote from: BenCodie on January 30, 2025, 10:52:48 PM

Basically get any bank chair or spokesperson and they'll still say things like Bitcoin has no place in the economy or that it's a shadow economy. Though the great thing is that a lot more progressive people are getting into the seats of power, people who understand Bitcoin, what it stands for and what it can do for our world. Screw the naysayers, they won't last long anyway and have been a dying breed for a decade now Cool

Naysayers didn't even have the chance to enter BTC but I think some have changed their minds and are now in here (fortunately) . If you mean about being alive, then actually that kind can live more (unfortunately).

Yes, people are also changing their mind, and while the opposition can potentially live longer (I understand what you are saying here), I would say that their numbers are deceasing, not increasing...which is what I meant by "dying breed" (not literally dying, but that more people would be converting and progressing to understanding and embracing Bitcoin, than going against it)

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Quote from: BenCodie on January 30, 2025, 10:52:48 PM

Basically get any bank chair or spokesperson and they'll still say things like Bitcoin has no place in the economy or that it's a shadow economy. Though the great thing is that a lot more progressive people are getting into the seats of power, people who understand Bitcoin, what it stands for and what it can do for our world. Screw the naysayers, they won't last long anyway and have been a dying breed for a decade now Cool

Maybe most of them are like that but there might still be a few that aren't and are only pro in Bitcoin. As for those BTC haters, they can say all negative things that they can think of but they can't erase anymore what BTC have achieved. By ' progressive people ' I think that also means professional people and one good example of this must be Trump but I think not many of them are like him. Haters in BTC still understand BTC though and that is why they hate it. Naysayers didn't even have the chance to enter BTC but I think some have changed their minds and are now in here (fortunately) . If you mean about being alive, then actually that kind can live more (unfortunately).

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Quote from: finaleshot2016 on January 31, 2025, 06:36:29 PM

Whenever there's a case of scam that's related to crypto, our mainstream medias here trying to fud cryptocurrency in general. Well, it's normal there are bunch of fuds day by day and having fuds from a mainstream medias show that they lack the knowledge regarding it. I mean look what happened to bitcoin, still growing but people who stuck in traditional ways don't want to learn about it. Trying to create such drama that makes those oldies to not believe more in cryptocurrency. Well, I know this is for us, our era but look it's not a big deal anymore, we are against the current and mainstream medias nowadays just attract for the views.

Exactly, you could express correct opinion in your comment. I also believe that for media is one of the best way for describe or spreading any bad or good news from one place to another. So I believe that if we can not understand the effect of media activities, then it will be very big mistake for us. So I think that we should trying to conscious of this issues. Sometimes we noticed that some fuds news are publish to bitcoin. I think that this fud news can be very harmful for future of bitcoin for few moments. But actually I think that it could not be biggest effect on bitcoin. Because we know that bitcoin is one of the best valuable and profitable crypto in cryptocurrency world. But we should trying to understand this situation and must be careful for this situation.

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From an audio transcript of a podcast I spotted on January 30, 2025.

Quotes from Eugene F. Fama, an economics Nobel laureate.

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... it will go to zero within 10 years

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Cryptocurrencies are such a puzzle because they violate all the rules of a medium of exchange.

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The problems in the past have been that the banks have delayed the payment mechanisms through the channels that we have available already. There’s no reason why you can’t have instantaneous settlement of all transactions. You don’t have to wait a day or two days to clear transactions. That’s just a way for the banks to make money.

If you open that up and have instantaneous trading, all you really need is a big computer in the middle. If you’ve got a computer you can trust and somebody who’s watching over the computer that has real rules that are enforceable, you’re fine. That’s it. That’s all you need. I wrote that paper 40 years ago.

You know, that kind of sounds like you are describing what "bitcoin" does with this "big computer in the middle" that one needs to "trust".

Further in their converstation one can see that they start to understand the problem a little bit here with these quotes:

Eugene F. Fama:

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Why? Why can’t I have a computer that translates from one currency to another through markets?

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Because you need to trust that computer, and either that computer is in the hands of the Americans or in the hands of the Chinese, and one of the two sides does not trust the other.

Eugene F. Fama:

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That’s the problem. That’s the problem, trust. That problem isn’t the computer. The problem is trust.

... What they don't realize is that this problem of "trust" is what bitcoin is able to fix. This is the reason bitcoin is around 100k today. I am bewildered as to why these "economists" have not noticed this yet.

https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/capitalisnt-why-this-nobel-economist-thinks-bitcoin-is-going-zero

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Quote from: Natalim on January 31, 2025, 08:36:54 AM

Quote from: BenCodie on January 30, 2025, 10:52:48 PM

Basically get any bank chair or spokesperson and they'll still say things like Bitcoin has no place in the economy or that it's a shadow economy. Though the great thing is that a lot more progressive people are getting into the seats of power, people who understand Bitcoin, what it stands for and what it can do for our world. Screw the naysayers, they won't last long anyway and have been a dying breed for a decade now Cool

That’s because they have never accepted bitcoin in all honesty. Maybe few of the banks are now open about bitcoin, but majority still remain to be in denial, even though there are already living proofs that bitcoin could be an asset to the world’s economy. However, I understand their stance, because that’s exactly the point that the government is trying to instill to them, they’re just great followers.

Of course they didn't - many agencies, banks, insert top of the pyramid name here, were trying to stop Bitcoin until 2020, relentlessly. COVID broke the camels back, eventually when they realized they couldn't beat it, they started joining it.

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Quote from: BenCodie on January 30, 2025, 10:52:48 PM

Basically get any bank chair or spokesperson and they'll still say things like Bitcoin has no place in the economy or that it's a shadow economy. Though the great thing is that a lot more progressive people are getting into the seats of power, people who understand Bitcoin, what it stands for and what it can do for our world. Screw the naysayers, they won't last long anyway and have been a dying breed for a decade now Cool

No one could have predicted that things would reach this level of absurdity and triviality. It is very dangerous for a public figure to speak about things he does not understand to a very large audience. Even more dangerous is for him to issue these positions as if they were facts and not indicate that this is his idea and his grandfather's, which we do not include anyone else out of journalistic integrity, which he is supposed to have studied in his first years of university. It is really more sad than funny.

It isn't dangerous at all (at the moment) and hasn't been dangerous for a bank executive / government official or the like the speak down on Bitcoin since its inception. We've seen it hundreds, thousands, maybe even tens of thousands or millions of times if there was an automated way to track each time bitcoin was spoken down upon by an official/executive. Otherwise, I somewhat agree with what you've said there.

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We don't have to think much about those people who say many things about Bitcoin. They can talk many things but they don't know much about Bitcoin so we can let them keep talking nonsense like that. It is better we still focus to accumulating more Bitcoin and let them regret when they see the reality.

Those people will shut their mouth when they see the benefits of Bitcoin to many people. If they can change their minds and start to have Bitcoin, they will see that what they say before is wrong.

Public will know the truth later when they see Bitcoin can reach more people. So we don't have to bother with those people because they have mouth to say many things Grin

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Quote from: joniboini on January 30, 2025, 10:21:23 PM

Quote from: Becassine on January 29, 2025, 05:33:58 AM

Olivier Ravanello, french journalist who has held prestigious positions, claimed that Bitcoin is a private cryptocurrency owned by someone close to Donald Trump, who allegedly financed his campaign, suggesting that it was part of a deal. (he didn't specify which deal it was)

This is the first time I see a take like this. The usual take about Bitcoin is that the FBI or CIA made it, or something along those lines. Never thought I'd see someone believe Trump and his gang made it 10 years ago to fund their campaign today. Do he provide any evidence or do they act like a Reddit poster? Makes me wonder how people like this end up having power in our society.

Speaking about terrible takes on the media, I don't think I've heard anything remotely close to what you posted on my national media broadcasting ecosystem OP. Not sure if it means Bitcoin is not that popular or we have more people with common sense here.

This is not the first and won't be the last people to say this in the media broadcasting space and from my understanding some people develop false statements about Bitcoin based on their naive beliefs/thoughts.
We are unaware of the most naive and baseless statements made about the people behind Bitcoin creation and it usecase because most of the broadcasts are not available worldwide.
This reminds me of the days I was surfing the crypto social media when I saw a video of a man (I don't remember his name) who is a PhD holder claiming Bitcoin was created by satan . I was like what the heck if I don't know anything about Bitcoin there's a chance that I may believe his naive utterances.

I believe we need more Bitcoin campaign and event to be taking to different place all over the world so that people can be aware of about the genuine create, potential, concept and benefit of BTC.

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Whenever there's a case of scam that's related to crypto, our mainstream medias here trying to fud cryptocurrency in general. Well, it's normal there are bunch of fuds day by day and having fuds from a mainstream medias show that they lack the knowledge regarding it. I mean look what happened to bitcoin, still growing but people who stuck in traditional ways don't want to learn about it. Trying to create such drama that makes those oldies to not believe more in cryptocurrency. Well, I know this is for us, our era but look it's not a big deal anymore, we are against the current and mainstream medias nowadays just attract for the views.

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Quote from: Becassine on January 29, 2025, 05:33:58 AM

Olivier Ravanello, french journalist who has held prestigious positions, claimed that Bitcoin is a private cryptocurrency owned by someone close to Donald Trump, who allegedly financed his campaign, suggesting that it was part of a deal. (he didn't specify which deal it was)

https://x.com/FR_CryptoNews/status/1883223778987245793

When it trends, you find a way to project a conspiracy theory to hold people back and break the hearts of investors. That’s all I perceive from informed minds that tends to act stupidly as seen from the journalists.

Unfortunate for them, Bitcoin is in the business of proving them wrongs. When investors gets to profit from their investments in the bullruns should they manage to hold as well as, kick weak hands out in the bears.

I guess part of the deal was that, Trump comes up with his coin too right…

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Quote from: Doan9269 on January 31, 2025, 04:31:45 PM

I think at this juncture we are, one have to be careful from what he is going to say in public, because such can be used as against us at any time, also, we should consider about the safety which we all deserve and not to jeopardies on this through what we say in public.

We are having our freedom to speak, but not to say words bluntly to such that may put us into trouble, i will not say more than this for the sake of what i perceived and how i have learnt to understand being reserved in some situation only for the truth to prevail over our own personal agitation on bitcoin.

Everyone is free to speak, but should always state the facts, not to spread fake news. Because this is what most happening in social media just to create contents and let the naive people believe on them blindly. And when it comes to bitcoin, some are still saying this is just get rich quick big scheme, when we all know these kind of people have never really understood bitcoin in the first place.

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I think at this juncture we are, one have to be careful from what he is going to say in public, because such can be used as against us at any time, also, we should consider about the safety which we all deserve and not to jeopardies on this through what we say in public.

We are having our freedom to speak, but not to say words bluntly to such that may put us into trouble, i will not say more than this for the sake of what i perceived and how i have learnt to understand being reserved in some situation only for the truth to prevail over our own personal agitation on bitcoin.

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My government has said a lot of nonsense about Bitcoin claiming it’s the reason for the devaluation of our currency. We are used to their tricks but what shocked me recently or rather disappointed me is a video I saw of the Seun Kuti (son of Fela Kuti) who prides himself as a freedom fighter and activist, calling bitcoin a scam, he thinks Bitcoin is a system designed to exploit the poor and facilitate wealth transfer to the rich. In his words: “There’s no freedom in crypto. More Africans have lost money to this than those who have made a profit from it.” Such a dumb thing to say.

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Quote from: Becassine on January 29, 2025, 05:33:58 AM

In France, we have champions when it comes to technological backwardness. About 10 years behind with the Internet for example, because we had a Minitel ....

Very sure of themselves, some of our “experts” don't hesitate to talk nonsense with great aplomb. For laughs and a sort of international competition, you can quote your country's champions here.

Quotes should be recent, 2025, or even late 2024.

Let's start :

Olivier Ravanello, french journalist who has held prestigious positions, claimed that Bitcoin is a private cryptocurrency owned by someone close to Donald Trump, who allegedly financed his campaign, suggesting that it was part of a deal. (he didn't specify which deal it was)

https://x.com/FR_CryptoNews/status/1883223778987245793

Instead of wanting to be angry i think they are pathetic, if only he knew the potential and benefits of Bitcoin surely he would not dare to say that, i am still confused whether he did not do the slightest research about what really happened, why Donald Trump supports Bitcoin, and yes, Bitcoin has been around for more than 10 years ago, he should have clear evidence to dare to issue such a statement, very absurd.

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Quote from: Becassine on January 29, 2025, 05:33:58 AM

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On mainstream media, the number of critics concerning Bitcoin has reduced, but in private areas and offline environments, there are still people who are criticizing Bitcoin, and their criticism towards Bitcoin is actually having an effect in the sense that it is discouraging some people around them from actually investing and taking advantage of the opportunity that Bitcoin presents.

We have to be active offline pointing out the truth concerning bitcoins to help people who may have been deceived by these offline critics.

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There are always people who make mistakes, but I suppose what's important is the overall discourse. In my country, the overall discourse has been pro-Bitcoin and generally pro-cryptos and pro-blockchain for many years now. There are outliers, but the news overall are covering Bitcoin in a positive way, and the things journalists say about Bitcoin tend to be accurate.
What is the situation with the French local media? Is the discourse generally accurate and generally pro-Bitcoin? Or is it filled with misconceptions like the one the op mentioned?

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How about South Africa’s central bank governor, Lesetja Kganyago, who recently showed his lack of understanding of Bitcoin when he asked, "What about platinum? What about coal? Why don’t we hold strategic beef reserves, or mutton reserves, or apple reserves? Why Bitcoin?"

LOL! Can you believe that? The central bank governor compared Bitcoin with beef and apples. He was talking all this rubbish not in front of any mainstream media in his country but in the recent World Economic Forum in Davos.

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The world is big enough with 8.2B people so that there are enough people who are skeptical, and even think negatively about Bitcoin.
https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/

The good news, if you want to know about it, is Bitcoin has very impressive adoption growth, much better than the Internet, and it's a best ever in human civilization history.

With its impressive growth, less people think and talk negatively about it like Bitcoin is dead.
https://99bitcoins.com/bitcoin-obituaries/
https://bitcoindeaths.com/
https://bitbo.io/dead/

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Quote from: Becassine on January 29, 2025, 05:33:58 AM

In France, we have champions when it comes to technological backwardness. About 10 years behind with the Internet for example, because we had a Minitel ....

Not only France is dedicated to fuck up technological advancement in its country, as it also has a good weight in the EU it also has much of the blame that technology startups that have a minimum of initial success end up going to the USA because they cannot comply with regulations and taxes here.

At some point the EU has to realize, and it seems to me that it will be the hard way, that you can't dream of living in a wonderland because in the real world you are competing against the USA, China and India.

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Quote from: BenCodie on January 30, 2025, 10:52:48 PM

Basically get any bank chair or spokesperson and they'll still say things like Bitcoin has no place in the economy or that it's a shadow economy. Though the great thing is that a lot more progressive people are getting into the seats of power, people who understand Bitcoin, what it stands for and what it can do for our world. Screw the naysayers, they won't last long anyway and have been a dying breed for a decade now Cool

No one could have predicted that things would reach this level of absurdity and triviality. It is very dangerous for a public figure to speak about things he does not understand to a very large audience. Even more dangerous is for him to issue these positions as if they were facts and not indicate that this is his idea and his grandfather's, which we do not include anyone else out of journalistic integrity, which he is supposed to have studied in his first years of university. It is really more sad than funny.

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Quote from: BenCodie on January 30, 2025, 10:52:48 PM

Basically get any bank chair or spokesperson and they'll still say things like Bitcoin has no place in the economy or that it's a shadow economy. Though the great thing is that a lot more progressive people are getting into the seats of power, people who understand Bitcoin, what it stands for and what it can do for our world. Screw the naysayers, they won't last long anyway and have been a dying breed for a decade now Cool

That’s because they have never accepted bitcoin in all honesty. Maybe few of the banks are now open about bitcoin, but majority still remain to be in denial, even though there are already living proofs that bitcoin could be an asset to the world’s economy. However, I understand their stance, because that’s exactly the point that the government is trying to instill to them, they’re just great followers.

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Quote from: BenCodie on January 30, 2025, 10:52:48 PM

Basically get any bank chair or spokesperson and they'll still say things like Bitcoin has no place in the economy or that it's a shadow economy. Though the great thing is that a lot more progressive people are getting into the seats of power, people who understand Bitcoin, what it stands for and what it can do for our world. Screw the naysayers, they won't last long anyway and have been a dying breed for a decade now Cool

Those who know will push for BTC to be in any position they are in.
Because they appreciate its value and would like to make their living better using it too.
They would find the alternative to do things apart from the traditional ways.

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Basically get any bank chair or spokesperson and they'll still say things like Bitcoin has no place in the economy or that it's a shadow economy. Though the great thing is that a lot more progressive people are getting into the seats of power, people who understand Bitcoin, what it stands for and what it can do for our world. Screw the naysayers, they won't last long anyway and have been a dying breed for a decade now Cool

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Quote from: Becassine on January 29, 2025, 05:33:58 AM

Olivier Ravanello, french journalist who has held prestigious positions, claimed that Bitcoin is a private cryptocurrency owned by someone close to Donald Trump, who allegedly financed his campaign, suggesting that it was part of a deal. (he didn't specify which deal it was)

This is the first time I see a take like this. The usual take about Bitcoin is that the FBI or CIA made it, or something along those lines. Never thought I'd see someone believe Trump and his gang made it 10 years ago to fund their campaign today. Do he provide any evidence or do they act like a Reddit poster? Makes me wonder how people like this end up having power in our society.

Speaking about terrible takes on the media, I don't think I've heard anything remotely close to what you posted on my national media broadcasting ecosystem OP. Not sure if it means Bitcoin is not that popular or we have more people with common sense here.

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Quote from: ? on January 29, 2025, 05:38:09 AM

Nothing new with such fud.
We can only laugh in his face and keep going towards our appropriate goals.
What he says is not even funny, it's just sad.

You know this was the reason why most people sees bitcoin the other way round, i mean something that is scam probably after listening to All this fake news about bitcoin maybe when you try telling them about bitcoin investment they won't have you say a word because they believe they have gotten the right information from the media.

because they think those information is coming from a reliable source without knowing that most of those information gotten from the media happens to be fake, probably just trying to mislead those who can be so naive to them.

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Quote from: ? on January 29, 2025, 05:38:09 AM

Nothing new with such fud.
We can only laugh in his face and keep going towards our appropriate goals.
What he says is not even funny, it's just sad.

It's perhaps sad, even pathetic, that people who get their information from the mainstream media find themselves misled. Nevertheless, I think it's important to list and archive these opinions and remarks, as they belong to the history of bitcoin.

We've seen that some people have changed their minds about bitcoin over time, and to show that encourages people to change their minds if they wish. Ego is a very bad partner, so showing that you can change your mind can only be beneficial.

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Nothing new with such fud.
We can only laugh in his face and keep going towards our appropriate goals.
What he says is not even funny, it's just sad.

Becassine

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In France, we have champions when it comes to technological backwardness. About 10 years behind with the Internet for example, because we had a Minitel ....

Very sure of themselves, some of our “experts” don't hesitate to talk nonsense with great aplomb. For laughs and a sort of international competition, you can quote your country's champions here.

Quotes should be recent, 2025, or even late 2024.

Let's start :

Olivier Ravanello, french journalist who has held prestigious positions, claimed that Bitcoin is a private cryptocurrency owned by someone close to Donald Trump, who allegedly financed his campaign, suggesting that it was part of a deal. (he didn't specify which deal it was)

https://x.com/FR_CryptoNews/status/1883223778987245793

Topic: 2025: Who's still talking rubbish about Bitcoin in the mainstream media? (Read 295 times)