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Berlin’s blockchain socialists decry memecoin greed and await a ‘post-capitalist world’
A spectre is haunting the crypto industry. And it isn’t communism — it’s frenzied gambling. This was the idea under discussion by dozens of builders, technologists, and artists during an event held on Tuesday in connection with Berlin Blockchain Week 2025. The attendees at Funding the Commons made the case for blockchain technology as a tool for social good, rather than profit-taking. Moreover, the gathering’s lefty vibe was bracing given the steady alignment of many in the space with the right-wing politics espoused by the world’s most powerful crypto bro — Donald Trump. “I’m a socialist maxi, rather ... (full story)