Bank of England Used as Bitcoin Advertising Board Stoking Inflationary Fears
In a bid to wake people to the dangers of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), a message that read “printing money is stealing from the poor,” accompanied by a Bitcoin symbol, was projected on the Bank of England (BoE) building. The incident has highlighted the disconnect between economic policy and cryptocurrency in general. With alarm bells […]
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