The Birth Of The Bitcoin-Dollar
Bitcoin represents the next evolution of the American currency being tied to a system of energy storage.Written September 21, 2021You have probably heard of the petrodollar. You may not know the ins and outs, but you have heard the term in history class or on some podcast. In a very simple and reductive way, it is an abstract noun meant to show the political and military denomination of the United States’ dollar as the sole purchasing currency of oil. By creating the exclusive medium of exchange to be their dollar, be it in treasuries, bonds or cash, the United States could “quantitatively....
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