Unless twitter gets an actual bank charter and is regulated by the FDIC, X wouldn’t get a cent from me. Even if they claimed to pay incredible APY. Elon musk would steal billions from his customers and wouldn’t blink. And if your deposits aren’t insured then your money isn’t real.
Musk, CEO of Tesla and X (formally known as Twitter) causes catastrophic bank run, says "it doesn't matter they can just use X now." Join us at 11 for more.
I’ll pass, thanks
Nope, not even for a free pony.
Introducing Xcoin! Dont worry, Musk premined them all and is staking them so that you know they're high value!
He's trying to turn Twitter into WeChat. A near universal app everyone uses for chat, payments, etc.
Is he gonna channel all that sweet income into supporting Dickopedia?
Yanis Varoufakis said a while back that Elon is trying to replicate China's Wechat, which basically does all this. Owning digital platforms and having total control over them is now the best way to make money, and Elon basically wants that for everything.
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