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Another way technology has affected the UBI debate is through cryptocurrencies (privately issued, all-electronic mediums of exchange).
The Deep and Enduring History of Universal Basic Income The MIT Press Reader 2024
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This could include online shopping with your stored payment details, PayPal account or cryptocurrency wallets.
Your passwords have probably been stolen and sold on the dark web Matthew Sparkes 2025
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Thieves can steal money from online banking apps or cryptocurrency wallets, then message the victim’s friends and family to scam them into sending emergency funds.
Why is it seemingly impossible to stop phone thieves? Matthew Sparkes 2025
alexz commented on the word cryptocurrency
Word seen on a Wired article about Bitcoin.
In the Bitcoin example, cryptocurrency is a currency that relies on Cryptography for its value.
April 22, 2013