<synthesis> MoneyLab links

[Geert Lovink]

Jacob Silverman: Is Tether Just a Scam to Enrich Bitcoin Investors?
https://newrepublic.com/article/160905/tether-cryptocurrency-scam-enrich-bitcoin-investors <https://newrepublic.com/article/160905/tether-cryptocurrency-scam-enrich-bitcoin-investors>

$50bn in cryptoassets moved out of China in the past year
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/8/20/50bn-in-cryptoassets-moved-out-of-china-in-the-past-year <https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2020/8/20/50bn-in-cryptoassets-moved-out-of-china-in-the-past-year>

For all you lovers: a guide to value-form theory
https://reificationofpersonsandpersonificationofthings.wordpress.com <https://reificationofpersonsandpersonificationofthings.wordpress.com/>

What you always wanted to know about German Wertkritik
https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/reviews/195-reviews <https://www.radicalphilosophy.com/reviews/195-reviews>

The Bit Short: Inside Crypto’s Doomsday Machine
https://crypto-anonymous-2021.medium.com/the-bit-short-inside-cryptos-doomsday-machine-f8dcf78a64d3 <https://crypto-anonymous-2021.medium.com/the-bit-short-inside-cryptos-doomsday-machine-f8dcf78a64d3>

Bitcoin as the new T-Model Ford
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2021-01-19/bitcoin-model-t-money <https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2021-01-19/bitcoin-model-t-money>

More on the role of Tethers 
https://amycastor.com/2021/01/20/how-can-24b-in-tethers-move-a-650b-bitcoin-market-cap-and-other-mathematically-illiterate-questions/ <https://amycastor.com/2021/01/20/how-can-24b-in-tethers-move-a-650b-bitcoin-market-cap-and-other-mathematically-illiterate-questions/>

Quote of the day:
"Bitcoin was, after all, not designed to be a speculative asset. It was designed to be a currency, a new medium of exchange that people could, and would, use to transact daily business with each other.” From:

The Bitcoin Dream Is Dead
https://marker.medium.com/the-bitcoin-dream-is-dead-8b621d2d7dbd <https://marker.medium.com/the-bitcoin-dream-is-dead-8b621d2d7dbd>




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