Crypto Platforms Like Gambling: Users Seek High-Risk

Crypto trading platforms, where millions of people buy and sell digital currencies, don’t just look like casinos. In many ways, they function like them. Michal Parzuchowski/Unsplash, CC BY

When Kim Kardashian paid a fine in 2022 for promoting a crypto token without revealing she was paid for it, and Matt Damon told us that ” fortune favours the brave ,” in a crypto currency ad, it became clear that crypto had crossed over into pop culture.

Authors

  • Amy Swiffen

    Professor, Concordia University

  • Martin A. French

    Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Concordia University

But beneath the celebrity sheen and Super Bowl ads, there is something that feels more familiar.

Crypto trading platforms,…

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