@TeamMidwest The follow-up article where the Rooster looks at the university president picking that guy over the speaker selection committee shortlist doesn't pull its punches: https://www.rooster.info/p/ohio-states-drug-fueled-bitcoin-shame

> While it’s indeed comical that the crowd booed Pan at the mere mention of Bitcoin, it’s less funny when you consider that Carter, who personally tapped Pan as speaker, sits on the Board of Directors for Terawulf, a Bitcoin mining company and is invested in the cryptocurrency himself.

> Carter has a vested interest in propagating Bitcoin, which, again, is the fake internet currency preferred by drug dealers, money launderers, pedophiles, and a host of other cybercriminals. Using the university’s bully pulpit to deliver that message is nasty work, even if the crowd was filled with people sensible enough to boo the idea of investing their retirement fund into unbacked securities.

> The message, with the university’s seal emblazoned in the background, traveled well within the Bitcoin community. This single tweet, which calls Pan a “fucking legend” while doubling the crowd size without mentioning it booed his ass, has nearly half a million views on Twitter alone
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> Carter owes the Ohio State community an explanation of his thought process, considering this speech has garnered national attention—The New York Post published an article late last night—as the most tragic event at a ceremony in which a troubled parent died by suicide by leaping from the top of Ohio Stadium.