The inevitable war between government and crypto is getting started.
German Finance Minister:
“We must do everything possible to make sure the currency monopoly remains in the hands of states.”
The G7: "We want to regulate digital currencies."
European Central Bank President: "Stablecoins threaten monetary sovereignty.”
Between the STABLE Act, which would ensure that only banks could issue stablecoins and would make all others illegal, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s plan to go after crypto, and the French Finance Minister trying to fight anonymous crypto transactions, things are getting heated up.
We’ll get to see if bitcoin and other decentralized innovations can hold their own in an arms race against the most powerful entities in the world.
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Yet another masterpiece you have produced.
There will be two sides to this war:
G-7 vs a rebel alliance of places that are not interested in being bullied by 'paper tigers'.