Being associated with broad-brush slander is also a negative. The attack on cryptocurrency broadly was extremely unbalanced, and not even factually correct on some pivotal points. I concede that it a sector rife with opportunism, scammers, and obvious criminal fraud. The core premise that the creation of an economy and system of trade, the codification of contract law in code, is without fundamental value or productive effect is, however, risible, and tightly coupling cryptocurrency with right-wing nuttery is a smear.