Is the Bitcoin narrative changing in Washington?
On May 9, the board of directors at the Federal Reserve held its quarterly meeting with the Federal Advisory Council to discuss pressing matters within the Fed’s jurisdiction. Among the issues discussed was Bitcoin, and from the minutes of that meeting, it sounds as though some relatively progressive ideas about crypto-currencies are taking hold in the Fed. In fact, the minutes even note that Bitcoin could be “a boon” to the economy. These sentiments, however, are not novel, even in Washington. The Bitcoin Senate hearings last November touched on the currency’s importance as a financial....
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There are a myriad of examples of bitcoin financially enabling people around the world despite common notions that bitcoin is useless.
It may be that the most-cited narrative of bitcoin is simply one of many aspects in this global technological adoption.