
I think the financial literalcy part is dope.
I wouldnt "invest" in cryptocurrency though.
Oil stocks and tech stocks are REAL investments.


i'm sure many people didn't actually read the article so fukk em. let em hateWe hunt for the best basketball, baseball, football, rappers etc
Out of a thousand kids maybe 5 or 10 are future best of all time...
the same applies to financial literacy....
in 20 years some kid or a couple of them from Marcy will be billionaires off this one act....
big up Jay Z
This isn’t investing. This is gamblingThat's not how investing works. You don't put your life savings in. You put in what you can afford and no that does not have to be large sums of money.
When Covid hit Ethereum was down to $90. You're telling me no one in Marcy Projects could afford that? Kids will spend $200 on sneakers. If they bought 2 Ethereum instead in March of 2020 they would have made nearly $10,000 by November 2021 off of an $180 investment.
There's life changing amounts of money being made off cryptocurrency and we should not be lagging behind. We need to learn how to participate in emerging markets.
As someone who works in investments, I consider myself somewhat financially literate. Yet I can guarantee you that financial literacy will do very little to help you escape your current economic standing.
Receiving better education, or having better job opportunities? Sure. But investing/saving will not get you from the PJ's into the middle class.
In fact- this whole thing seems contradictory. Investing in crypto is almost the antithesis of financial literacy/responsibility. Straight irresponsible. It's the reason the SEC stopped advisors from hustling seniors into purchasing penny-stocks.
The program, announced Thursday, will offer classes online and in-person to Marcy residents with dinner being served at each class. Residents who participate will receive MiFi devices, smartphones, and data plans and are allowed to keep their devices. Meanwhile, children living in the projects will be able to join “Crypto Kids Camp” for two Saturdays. Dorsey also founded the financial services company Block, Inc. (formerly known as Square).
people probably just saw "bitcoin" in the headline and had ptsd flashback about how their dumb ass lost their savings trying to hop on a shyt coin wave. in reality it's a program giving free education/child programs, free meals, and free electronics to neighborhood peoplei'm sure many people didn't actually read the article so fukk em. let em hate
Happy that it extends beyond crypto and that they are offering real assistance. But I have seen enough of these financial literacy hustles that I would suggest we all remain dubious until proven otherwise.
Typical financial literacy hustle goes as such:
Rinse and repeat.
- Bank/Corporation holds a speaker session.
- They bring in black 'speaker/entrepreneur/expert' to provide a black face
- Corporation pays for food/trinkets/classes etc, in return they get:
- Marketing to get these folk to open an account, a credit card, a loan, or maybe a bitcoin account in this case
- Goodwill that they will put in their brochures and 10K's about how they are community focused
- Black speaker receives:
- $$$
- Free marketing to allow them continue on their 'speaker' tour
In the end, nothing really improves in the community because the opportunities (e.g. the topline) remain stagnant or nonexistent

its funny how it worksJack Dorsey might as well call Jay-Z daddy.
Supplying him with the necessary resources to take Square to new levels