--- title: "Crypto Dude Mocked for Shockingly Tone Deaf Post About Ukraine Invasion" description: "Another day, another bad crypto take — but with war brewing in Ukraine, this one really takes the cake. " date: "2022-02-24" modified: "2022-02-24" authors: - name: "Noor Al-Sibai" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/nooralsibai" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/crypto-ukraine-take" categories: - "Blockchain" - "Cryptocurrency" - "Future Society" tags: - "cryptocurrency" - "nfts" - "the digest" - "ukraine" --- # Crypto Dude Mocked for Shockingly Tone Deaf Post About Ukraine Invasion ![Another day, another bad crypto take — but with war brewing in Ukraine, this one really takes the cake. ]() *\Image: Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images\* ## Nuclear Take Another day, another bad crypto take — but with [war brewing in Ukraine](), this one really takes the cake. Known only by [their Instagram handle @nft.money](), this NFT bro took it way too far when posting what appeared to be a screencapped tweet showing "large queues at ATMs throughout Ukraine." Per what appears to be their half-baked analysis, the Ukrainians pictured would have been much better off if only they'd invested their hard-earned cash into crypto. This kind of tomfoolery may fly on Instagram, where @nft.money's post was spammed with comments from indistinguishable bots and people who claimed the user's "[NFT Playbook]()" changed their lives. But in the real world — or, at least, on Twitter dot com — the account was unsurprisingly called out for its callous crypto promotion. "How's bitcoin work during a war when the electricity and cell phone service gets knocked out?" NBA agent Anthony Raia wrote in a tweet that, ironically, had @nft.money's IG post screencapped. https://twitter.com/anthonyraia_/status/1496847203972882435 Naturally, crypto defenders dispatched themselves to the comments to try to one-up this agent's hot take — but this being Twitter, they too got shut down. ## Touchdown "People are in line at ATMs because there is uncertainty about whether businesses will be able to process electronic payments," [user Matthew Lee Myers](), whose bio says he is involved in the Metaverse to boot, wrote. "Recommending a different type of electronic payment, with slower, more expensive transactions and less payment processing availability, is peak BTCbrain." "The cryptobros are so shameless in their grifting and general foolishness," another user [succinctly declared](). Yet another user [had a much darker response](): "We've all heard the story of ancestors who fled war by sewing bitcoins into the lining of their coats." Given that Ukraine is, [per the country's vice prime minister Mykhailo Federov](), one of the top five countries in the world for crypto usage, there may indeed be citizens rushing to figure out if and how their digital currency can help them out in the impending battle with Russia. Indeed, [crypto tracking firm Coinglass calculated]() at press time that a whopping $531 million worth of crypto has been liquidated in the last 24 hours as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine heats up. If people are withdrawing their crypto for cash en masse, it means they're scared of what's to come and what they may have to deal with — and that @NFT.money's tone-deaf assertion that crypto is somehow superior to cash in a time of war is absolutely bogus. **More crypto "ownership":** [*The CEO of Coinbase Gets Brutally Owned, May Never Recover*]() **And more on the Russian invasion conflict:** [*Ukrainian Scientists Worried Russian Invasions Will Result In Lost Research*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've often been drawn to unpacking the narratives that underlie technological, scientific and medical progress, with a special interest in areas of conflict and ambiguity that end up setting agendas and steering the fates of both elites and the hoi polloi. I'm a committed generalist, but I often find myself returning to work involving NASA and the private space sector, the effects of AI on media and society, and the mechanics of the pharmaceutical industry, with a specific focus on the spread of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. Prior to Futurism, I worked for publications ranging from Media Matters and Truthdig to Raw Story and Bustle. I'm also the author of "Myspace Scene Queens," a 2024 title in Instar Books' acclaimed "Remember the Internet" series. My work at Futurism has been cited by outlets including the New Yorker, Slate, Nieman Lab, the Verge, the MIT Technology Review, the Sunday Times, and the Daily Beast. I grew up in North Carolina, attended the University of North Carolina at Asheville, and now live in Brooklyn, New York. In my free time, I'm an avid reader and music fan; you can probably find me at a local poetry reading, concert, underground rave, or DJ set. I'm the proud parent of an ineffable orange cat named Mee-Mow. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()