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With no access to crypto, disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is now trading fish to pay for services in prison(www.businessinsider.com)

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With no access to crypto, disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is now trading fish to pay for services in prison::Sam Bankman-Fried is now using mackerel fish as a means of exchange with other prisoners.

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xantoxis@lemmy.world
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Anything but fiat, eh Sam?

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erlend_sh@lemmy.world
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Take this🏅

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TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world
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There is a book about extreme economies. The author discusses it here: https://www.econtalk.org/richard-davies-on-extreme-economies/

They go through how the mackerel as money came about. Also, that expired mackerel, i.e. fiat, have their own lower exchange rate.

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