Analysis

Buy, Ban, Or Copy? How Governments Are Responding To The Cryptocurrency Revolution

Ben Zeisloft
Buy, Ban, Or Copy? How Governments Are Responding To The Cryptocurrency Revolution
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The global economy is facing an unprecedented currency disruption.

For decades, fiat currencies — based solely on the credit of a national government — have been the global norm. Since the United States stopped tying dollars to the value of gold in 1971, for instance, the currency has no value apart from its federal endorsement.

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