Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari calls DOGE a ponzi
The central banker previously referred to cryptocurrencies as a “giant garbage dumpster.” Federal Reserve Bank of Minneaopolis President Neel Kashkari took a jab at Dogecoin (DOGE) last week by referring to the meme coin as a ponzi, upping his rhetoric against cryptocurrencies. Kashkari’s comments were in response to a LinkedIn poll by Paul Grewal, the chief legal officer and corporate secretary at Coinbase, asking his connections about the proper way to pronounce Doge. “The right pronunciation is pon-zi,” Kashkari quipped. Fifty-seven percent of respondents pronounce Doge correctly.....
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