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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: “A lot of crypto is just scamming poor people and money…”

Featuring: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 14

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Crypto. But if, God forbid, your job requires you to understand this. One of the things about crypto, I mean, at the end of the day, A lot of crypto is just scamming poor people and money laundering for wealthy people. But doesn't that in some ways reflect the reality of our system in the first place. It's just a more grotesque, hyperbolic version of a system that's not working. (14:55–15:02)

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Asserts that cryptocurrency is often used for scamming and money laundering.

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