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Actor Ben McKenzie says crypto is a “get rich quick scheme”

Actor Ben McKenzie – yes the one from the OC and Southland – knows something about crypto and economics. In an interview conducted live at the Bloomberg Invest summit in June, McKenzie explains why he thinks the industry is designed to enrich a small group of insiders at the expense of a misinformed public. He…

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Actor Ben McKenzie – yes the one from the OC and Southland – knows something about crypto and economics.
In an interview conducted live at the Bloomberg Invest summit in June, McKenzie explains why he thinks the industry is designed to enrich a small group of insiders at the expense of a misinformed public. He is on Bloomberg’s Odd Lots podcast with Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway.

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  1. Ric Caruso

    July 3, 2023 at 10:37 am

    By the mid 2030s only about ???? blockchain technology projects will be utilized in the Marketplace. Only the legitimate ones!

  2. Names

    July 3, 2023 at 11:05 am

    100%

  3. JZ

    July 3, 2023 at 11:10 am

    It’s a software…

  4. Paul

    July 3, 2023 at 11:20 am

    Truth

  5. Marcus Aurelius

    July 3, 2023 at 11:29 am

    No shit Ben…He acts like he doesn’t want to be an actor or something…????

  6. Michael Zilberleylb

    July 3, 2023 at 12:01 pm

    Lol an actor now a subject matter expert in innovation and finance . No different than a reality tv star becoming president

  7. Rodrigo Vidal

    July 3, 2023 at 12:26 pm

    There are some people that doesn’t understand technology but has no shame talking %#^$&.

  8. James Mullarney Is a Fraud

    July 3, 2023 at 1:56 pm

    Took me 5 years to make my first million. Hardly a get rich quick scheme

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    July 3, 2023 at 2:29 pm

    the quality of your videos just keeps getting better and better

  10. GChief117

    July 3, 2023 at 3:13 pm

    Why the living hell are they getting an actor. When and when will they ever get a blockchain engineer to explain the tech and it’s impact as well. ????????????????????????????????

  11. Tyshawn Alivia

    July 3, 2023 at 3:36 pm

    ????.I was at a retirement seminar and the speaker spoke on how he quit his job after he made well over $950,000 PROFIT within 3months he invested $120,000. I need guidance on what investments to make.

    • Terry Pasca

      July 3, 2023 at 3:38 pm

      NICK DRANCHAK is really different from every other Brokers, his honest and pro, earned 79BTC from him. Thank God i stopped hodling, i would suggest you try him.

    • BLAINE PHILLIPS JR

      July 3, 2023 at 3:39 pm

      Do online research with his name

    • BLAINE PHILLIPS JR

      July 3, 2023 at 3:39 pm

      He’s Active online through his website.

  12. Brent Johnson

    July 3, 2023 at 4:40 pm

    sounds like he bought the top and sold the bottom…

    • Biniyam Berhane

      July 5, 2023 at 8:49 pm

      The market went from 3.2 trillion to 1.2 trillion.

  13. shoopddawhooped

    July 3, 2023 at 6:31 pm

    *Actor Ben McKenzie displays his acting for a role in an unnamed production where he is to be a “crypto authority” due in theaters and streaming around 2025.*

  14. Bryce Sattler

    July 3, 2023 at 7:04 pm

    Opaque

  15. CryptoClarity

    July 4, 2023 at 6:34 pm

    Lol why do we have literal stooges up here talking about finance????

    Plus he’s wrong

  16. Grog

    July 5, 2023 at 7:58 am

    Who the Fook is this guy??? ????????????????

  17. Chris O

    July 5, 2023 at 11:09 am

    I was going to leave a comment, but looks like everyone said everything I wanted to say . lol

  18. Neo

    July 5, 2023 at 5:46 pm

    AND HES A MORON BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE IT TAKE YEARS AND YEARS TO GET RICH UNLESS YOU GO IN WITH ALOT OF MONEY SO THE VERY SAME THING APLYS TO THE STOCK MSRKET SO THIS IDIOT JUST DOESNT LIKE BITCOIN BECAUSE IT TAKES MONEY AWAY FROM WHATEVER HES INVESTING IN. HES JELOUS PLAIN AND SIMPLE

  19. G Max

    July 5, 2023 at 7:29 pm

    Ben is an actor – enough said – nothing said by this idiot is substantive

  20. Champ

    July 5, 2023 at 9:32 pm

    Get rich quick?? No way!! Only for the people that bought 10 years ago

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