Remember the crypto hype train? Turned out a lot of journos were being paid in funny money tokens to hype and pump, and a lot of conflicts of interests abounded

Remember the crypto hype train? Turned out a lot of journos were being paid in funny money tokens to hype and pump, and a lot of conflicts of interests abounded in general with peddling services someone they knew had investment in. Welcome to the media. It's always been fickle when it comes to the potential to make money. Also very clearly a lot of people left holding the bag with crypto and are trying to resuscitate it with hype.