Congressman jokes about a Mongoose Coin: Now it exists
His speech inspired a bunch of mongoose-related tokens including Mongoose Coin, Son of Mongoose and Baby Mongoose. Democratic representative for California Brad Sherman joked about how ridiculous a “Mongoose Coin” would be on Wednesday — and by Friday it had become a reality. During Wednesday’s hearing on crypto at the House Financial Services Committee, Sherman spun a tale of an old woman who swallows bigger and bigger animals to eat the animals previously swallowed. He likened this fable to cryptocurrencies dethroning each other, explaining that Bitcoin (BTC) could be unseated by....
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