>Nah. This line of reasoning excuses any activity one might be involved with because "it's just my job".
This comes off as financially entitled, like there aren't pressures around rent and life expenses that take precedence in decisions around employment. Either you've taken a vow of not caring about money, or you already have enough (and assets) not to care, or you're naive about a uniquely lucky time we lived in where employment was plentiful - which is about to end.
Ironically it might end first in the crypto space being discussed.
Spoken like an apologist. There has always been incentive to cross ethical, moral and legal lines "for the money", and this has been so since time immemorial. We are not living in some special moment in history, neither does crypto hold a monopoly on shady actors.
There are pressures, making it a choice of the actor. That actor will have consequences regardless of what choice they make. I disagree that 'i needed money' is a valid excuse to do things you morally disagree with. I also disagree that 'i needed money' is an excuse for others to do things that they believe is immoral.
Personally I don't like crypto so maybe that's where my opinion is coming from. But it sure feels like everywhere in life we are presented with a choice to do what is right and what is easy. Both have consequences.
They are when you're 30 years old in a boom market. The fact that people act like unemployment is impossible suggests no one was an adult during 2001-3. That means you know neither age discrimination nor recession.
This comes off as financially entitled, like there aren't pressures around rent and life expenses that take precedence in decisions around employment. Either you've taken a vow of not caring about money, or you already have enough (and assets) not to care, or you're naive about a uniquely lucky time we lived in where employment was plentiful - which is about to end.
Ironically it might end first in the crypto space being discussed.