{"id":53292,"date":"2021-11-22T14:08:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T12:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=53292"},"modified":"2025-09-03T14:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T11:28:25","slug":"snowden-explains-his-negative-stance-on-meme-tokens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/snowden-explains-his-negative-stance-on-meme-tokens\/","title":{"rendered":"Snowden explains his negative stance on meme tokens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former employee of the NSA and CIA in the United States, Edward Snowden, said that he has a negative attitude toward &#8216;dog&#8217; tokens such as Dogecoin or Shiba Inu.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\\\">\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\\\">\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-width=\\\"500\\\" data-dnt=\\\"true\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Leave the nice dog man alone. I&#8217;ve never been a fan of any flavor of dog money, because a) I am a humorless scold and b) I think a lot of earnest people will mistake it for an investment and get hurt, but Billy has imo always tried hard to be a positive voice.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Edward Snowden (@Snowden) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Snowden\/status\/1462538301034930178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">November 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to Snowden, he dislikes such tokens because of his poor sense of humor. He also noted that many people take meme coins seriously and may incur losses.<\/p>\n<p>Against the backdrop of <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/dogecoin-tops-bitcoin-and-ethereum-in-us-search-queries\">rise in popularity<\/a> of such assets, scammers have become more active. The Shiba Inu team behind the project warned users about the spread of fake project groups on social media.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\\\">\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\\\">\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-width=\\\"500\\\" data-dnt=\\\"true\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Stay Alert &#038; Safe <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShibArmy?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#ShibArmy<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been made aware of a recent scam, traveling social media, and other communication platforms. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick video to provide more information on the matter. <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/UOh50WsJSQ\\\">pic.twitter.com\/UOh50WsJSQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shib (@Shibtoken) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shibtoken\/status\/1462322035992903680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">November 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Earlier Snowden had urged his Twitter followers <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/edward-snowden-warns-followers-against-investing-in-shiba-inu\">to refrain from purchasing the Shiba Inu token<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Learn about what Shiba Inu is in our cards.<\/p>\n<p>Read ForkLog&#8217;s bitcoin news in our <a href=\\\"\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"\u201c_blank\u201d\\\" rel=\\\"\u201cnofollow\u201d noopener\\\">Telegram<\/a> \u2014 cryptocurrency news, prices and analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The former employee of the NSA and CIA, Edward Snowden, said that he dislikes &#8216;dog&#8217; tokens such as Dogecoin or Shiba Inu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[99,1587,1138,1525],"class_list":["post-53292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-dogecoin","tag-edward-snowden","tag-opinions","tag-shiba-inu"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"30","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53294,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53292\/revisions\/53294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}