🩸 THE COINBASE EXPERIMENT
It started with “free money.”
A digital payout.
A harmless little UBI trial.
But when the first New Yorkers accepted their tokens, something unseen clicked into place —
a lock, a latch, a quiet surrender.
USDC wasn’t help.
It was a hook.
Programmable.
Traceable.
Pausable.
A currency with a pulse… and an appetite.
Coinbase didn’t come as a monster.
It came as a partner holding the leash, while the darkness behind it tightened the grip.
And once the system sees everything you buy,
everything you need,
everything you are…
It doesn’t need chains.
It doesn’t need permission.
It just needs you to keep spending.
The horror isn’t what’s coming.
The horror is what’s already begun.
Investopedia
People in This State Are Receiving $12,000 in Crypto as Part of a New Program
A Coinbase and GiveDirectly pilot is giving $12,000 in USDC (a stablecoin) to low-income New Yorkers. The program takes inspiration from universal ...
