Global Currency Wars Are Creating Bitcoin’s ‘Killer App’
There are more than just bitcoin price spikes and capital gains that stemmed from the ongoing currency wars. Bitcoin and its users are, in fact, on a bigger mission: providing refuge for currency war hostages. ‘Bitcoin Isn’t Just An Economic System’. The trajectory of bitcoin has changed over the years. In the beginning, people were curious about Bitcoin’s real-life applications. And the common answers from thought leaders would be in the area of remittance services and general buy-and-sell activities on the Internet. Indeed, these bitcoin applications hold significance importance in the....
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If nation-states held their reserves in Bitcoin, instead of fiat, they would be less incentivized to go to war, says chief strategy officer at the Human Rights Foundation, Alex Gladstein. Alex Gladstein, the chief strategy officer at the Human Rights Foundation, says that if Bitcoin was adopted as a global reserve currency, nation-states would be less incentivized to start wars. According to Gladstein, the United States was able to sustain its "forever wars" in Iraq and Afghanistan mainly by borrowing capital. That was possible largely because of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy,....