Jameson Lopp Highlights Bitcoin’s Market Cap In Comparison To National M1 Mon...

Jameson Lopp Highlights Bitcoin’s Market Cap In Comparison To National M1 Mon...

According to rankings compiled by Casa’s Jameson Lopp, bitcoin would be a top-10 global currency by liquid money supply.Bitcoin could be considered a top-10 global currency based on its “stock of narrow money” or M1, the money supply that is composed of the most liquid forms of assets, according to a ranking created by Casa’s Jameson Lopp and made to resemble a CIA webpage.Bitcoin’s market capitalization (the USD value of one bitcoin multiplied by the current total supply of bitcoin) of $1,185,601,872,889 would put it above Canada in estimated M1 supply, per Lopp’s rankings, leaving it....


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