Get Real, Lagarde — The Underlying Asset ‘Guaranteeing’ Your Euro Scam Coin I...

Get Real, Lagarde — The Underlying Asset ‘Guaranteeing’ Your Euro Scam Coin I...

With the approaching tsunami of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) looming ever closer, it shouldn’t come as a surprise when central banks shill their coins at the expense of sounder assets. Recently, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde went so far as to say that cryptocurrency is “worth nothing.” According to Lagarde, crypto has “no underlying asset” like the upcoming digital euro. But fiat money’s secret source of value is the real explosive scandal. ‘Worthless’ Innovation European Central Bank....


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