Cryptocurrency
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How Are 5G and Libra Connected?
Spectrum and fiat currency alternatives are technologies of the future; governments seek to control both.
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Crypto’s Loss Is Blockchain’s Gain
The first wave of inefficient, fake, & fraudulent blockchain apps have been washed out; the survivors are delivering real innovation.
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The Market Doesn’t Care About Your Technological Superiority
The greatest contribution that bitcoin might be that it spurred incumbent actors to improve and an entire new industry to develop, not that it swept away the entire monetary and financial system as we know it.
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Quantum Supremacy Doesn’t Mean Blockchain Is Doomed
Quantum computing, far from destroying blockchain, will spur competitive development.
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Does Libra Threaten Monetary Sovereignty?
There is no inherent reason that a global payments system run by technology companies must elide national regulations. If PayPal manages to serve a global community while complying with the rules of all the countries in which it operates, can’t Libra do the same?
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Bitcoin, Like Gold, is a Product of Spontaneous Order
Bitcoin is as much a product of spontaneous order as gold; it arose of unrelated innovations in several fields, each coming from different minds and institutions with wholly unrelated objectives.
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Stablecoins Might Be a Bridge to Fiat 2.0
As stablecoins develop, mature, and have increased adoption, they might not be driving continued innovation in the crypto space so much as simply rehashing current ideas in a new package.
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What Martin Luther Can Teach Us About Bitcoin
Bitcoin maximalists who think the first application of blockchain technology will always be the best do not have history on their side.
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Who Should Provide Central Bank Digital Currency?
I can think of just one reason why a central bank might want to get into the business of issuing digital currency: to provide privacy. Regulations prevent that.
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Bitcoin’s Fixed Money Supply Is a Weakness
Contrary to what maximalists believe, Bitcoin’s fixed supply is its major drawback to becoming the world’s preferred money, especially so if it is not accompanied by fractional-reserve Bitcoin banks.
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How Are 5G and Libra Connected?
Spectrum and fiat currency alternatives are technologies of the future; governments seek to control both.
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Crypto’s Loss Is Blockchain’s Gain
The first wave of inefficient, fake, & fraudulent blockchain apps have been washed out; the survivors are delivering real innovation.
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•
The Market Doesn’t Care About Your Technological Superiority
The greatest contribution that bitcoin might be that it spurred incumbent actors to improve and an entire new industry to develop, not that it swept away the entire monetary and financial system as we know it.
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•
Quantum Supremacy Doesn’t Mean Blockchain Is Doomed
Quantum computing, far from destroying blockchain, will spur competitive development.
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Does Libra Threaten Monetary Sovereignty?
There is no inherent reason that a global payments system run by technology companies must elide national regulations. If PayPal manages to serve a global community while complying with the rules of all the countries in which it operates, can’t Libra do the same?
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Bitcoin, Like Gold, is a Product of Spontaneous Order
Bitcoin is as much a product of spontaneous order as gold; it arose of unrelated innovations in several fields, each coming from different minds and institutions with wholly unrelated objectives.
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Stablecoins Might Be a Bridge to Fiat 2.0
As stablecoins develop, mature, and have increased adoption, they might not be driving continued innovation in the crypto space so much as simply rehashing current ideas in a new package.
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What Martin Luther Can Teach Us About Bitcoin
Bitcoin maximalists who think the first application of blockchain technology will always be the best do not have history on their side.
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•
Who Should Provide Central Bank Digital Currency?
I can think of just one reason why a central bank might want to get into the business of issuing digital currency: to provide privacy. Regulations prevent that.
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Bitcoin’s Fixed Money Supply Is a Weakness
Contrary to what maximalists believe, Bitcoin’s fixed supply is its major drawback to becoming the world’s preferred money, especially so if it is not accompanied by fractional-reserve Bitcoin banks.