What you note about them widely bankrolling influencers under the guise of "advisor" roles is something I had noted as well -- their approach to marketing has felt superficial and their approach to growing a bitcoin business seems very high-time preference.
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people are so harsh on them, they promote Bitcoin only, DCA, automatic moves to cold storage ... there are a lot worse actors out there. they have huge amounts of positive Bitcoin content . and, yes, they're capitalists - they want to make money. Is Coinbase a better company ? Is BlackRock ?