New Zealand’s Past, Pūtea and Future: CBDC Vs. Bitcoin
Source Currently, there is global attention focused around the evolution of money. The trend of exponentially evolving technology is disrupting finance and governance, it is impacting all corners of the world. In my home country of Aotearoa, aka New Zealand, the movement toward future money is palpable, from statements by the central bank (RBNZ) about re-evaluating money itself, to a movement toward Māori (indigenous) economic self-governance (tino rangatiratanga).This article is about the future of money from a sovereign perspective. My aim is to show that New Zealand is not built....
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