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Er, buybacks and mergers both involve a "greater fool" (either the company itself or the acquiring company).


Isn't it obvious that buying shares in a public company gives you proxy, fractional ownership of a business that's generating cashflow? You don't get that with crypto. Crypto, on the other hand, literally requires someone else to take you out in order for you to profit.




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