Cryptocurrency: The perfect tool for The Perfect Scam -- a special two-part podcast
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"It's just a perfect payment mechanism for people who want to do bad things." -- Lee Reiners, FinTech professor at Duke University . Mei Mei Soe was using LinkedIn to find a new job when a friendly, fellow Chinese-speaker asked to connect. Mei Mei, 42, has suffered with debilitating nerve pain most of her adult life, and she was looking for an opportunity that would let her stay off her feet a bit more. Yanjun Li spent a few days getting to know Mei Mei, expressing a lot of sympathy about her pain, and then made a bold suggestion: Why not invest in crypto? Mei Mei knew nothing about cryptocurrency, but Yanjun offered to virtually hold her hand through the process.
Cryptocurrency: The perfect tool for The Perfect Scam -- a special two-part podcast
Cryptocurrency: The perfect tool for The…
Cryptocurrency: The perfect tool for The Perfect Scam -- a special two-part podcast
"It's just a perfect payment mechanism for people who want to do bad things." -- Lee Reiners, FinTech professor at Duke University . Mei Mei Soe was using LinkedIn to find a new job when a friendly, fellow Chinese-speaker asked to connect. Mei Mei, 42, has suffered with debilitating nerve pain most of her adult life, and she was looking for an opportunity that would let her stay off her feet a bit more. Yanjun Li spent a few days getting to know Mei Mei, expressing a lot of sympathy about her pain, and then made a bold suggestion: Why not invest in crypto? Mei Mei knew nothing about cryptocurrency, but Yanjun offered to virtually hold her hand through the process.