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Former US Mint Director Edmund C. Moy on Crashing Currencies: "More Citizens are Now Relying on Bitcoin Air Bags for Safety"

Whenever there are crashing currencies somewhere around the world, Bitcoin enthusiasts start "chomping at the bit" to introduce cryptocurrency to the economically unstable space. As the world becomes increasingly connected through the internet, the overall financial inclusion has not followed suit. More and more people around the world are now able to securely use Bitcoin as devices such as Bitcoin hardware wallets and easy-to-use solutions for multi-signature transactions become available. Writing specifically about countries with crashing currencies, the 38th Director of the US Mint....


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