I get that this is important news that is a current event... But $2.5k for just sharing a link? Really? This is the kind of content whales want to promote? Do we want to tell new Steemit users that hey, we pay thousands for people who don't take the time to provide a brief summary and just post a link saying "hey go read this"?
Other users are putting in a great deal of effort into their articles, providing sources, summaries and paraphrasing but since this is @blocktrades I guess simply sharing a link is worth thousands eh? Disappointing.
I normally never post a link at all, I only write original material. I did it in this case as I think it's important to get this info to people fast, before they get scammed. Spending time summarizing a short article that leads with the most relevant info and quickly goes to other pertinent facts seemed a waste of time in this case.