China using Bitcoin as ‘financial weapon’ against United States: Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel has urged the U.S. government to reappraise China’s relationship with Bitcoin from a geopolitical perspective. PayPal co-founder and venture capitalist, Peter Thiel, has warned that the Chinese central government may be supporting Bitcoin as a means to undermine the foreign and monetary policy of the United States.But, he added, it has tried to use the Euro the same way.Speaking at a virtual event hosted by conservative non-profit, the Richard Nixon Foundation, Thiel was commenting on whether China’s central bank-issued digital currency, or CBDC, could threaten the U.S.....
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According to Paypal cofounder Peter Thiel, the Chinese government, which detests the U.S. dollar’s reserve currency status, could be using bitcoin as a financial weapon against the U.S. While he concedes that China has no intentions of making the yuan renminbi a reserve currency, Thiel still thinks the Asian country may have longed bitcoin because it weakens the dollar’s influence. Reserve Currencies Speaking at the recent Richard Nixon Foundation seminar, Thiel also suggested that China ideally prefers to have two reserve currencies that counter the dollar. He says the Asian....
Bitcoin, like the internet, can be used in ways which could compromise U.S. prowess without suitable allowances from lawmakers. Bitcoin (BTC) can undermine the U.S. dollar if the United States does not take a lead role in accepting it, argues Anthony Pompliano.Speaking to CNBC on April 8, the Morgan Creek Digital co-founder followed up on a warning from investor Peter Thiel that China could use Bitcoin to destabilize USD hegemony.Thiel cautions over Bitcoin threat"I do wonder at this point whether Bitcoin is to be thought of in part as a Chinese financial weapon against the U.S.; it....
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PayPal and Facebook Founding Father Peter Thiel recently held court at the annual "Dinner for Western Civilization" dinner. This gathering was hosted by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute at the University Club in New York City. As per usual, Peter Thiel was asked about the prospectus of Bitcoin as a global currency, and how it relates to the dollar in the future. The context of this discussion being that inflation and "Quantitative Easing" are hurting the dollar's standing globally. So how would you best protect yourself, and diversify your exposure in the future, outside of the US....
The idea of cryptocurrencies has been around for a while. Peter Thiel, a very famous venture capitalist, and hedge fund manager, gave a talk in 1999 that discussed the possibility of monetary sovereignty, and further, the possibility in rise of encrypted money. Last weekend at the Thiel Foundation Under 20 Summit in New York City, Thiel himself was asked about encrypted money.