Will the U.S. Ever Ban Bitcoin?

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Bitcoin is now over $47,000, its highest since January. Former U.S. presidential candidate Ron Paul believers bitcoin could still be banned. Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary, however, says it will never be banned because it holds too much “economic promise.” Exxon wants to slash emissions, so it’s mining bitcoin in North Dakota. Ups and downs aside, they won’t be accepting bitcoin as legal tender in Malaysia any time soon.

Coinbase could soon be acquiring Brazil’s largest crypto exchange.

Ukraine should be a wakeup call for American financial regulators. And if you’re having trouble finding an Audi to drive, it might be due to Russia’s invasion of its neighbor.

The Defiant says there are NFTs buried in the Arctic, and they went to find them. Photographers, like graphic artists, are making best use of non-fungible tokens to create content and market it to their customers. Nelson Mandela made history 27 years ago when he left prison and became South Africa’s first black president. Now, an NFT of his arrest warrant has claimed $130,00 at auction.

On the international front, Alberta wants to be the next frontier for crypto entrepreneurs. Meanwhile, the city of Austin—who still wants to remain weird—is beginning to accept crypto for city services. In the future, according to UAE, more companies could be paying salaries in cryptocurrencies.

What are the hottest tokens on the Cosmos ecosystemNothing nebulous!

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Bitcoin is a weapon to remove money emissions from governments and since it is peaceful and anyone can use it governments can't attack directly but most be creative to do so. Most governments think they can control Bitcoin by providing people on and off-ramps or by targeting those using centralized entities, but eventually, people will just buy on CEX and never sell there, so governments will see money get in but never out, that's when they will realize they can't tax it and so they will try to destroy it.

The news about eco mining is just a market gimmick put by Bitcoin maxis for anti-mining sentiment, but in reality, Bitcoin still burns lots of electricity, and can never have enough, but it is good that money is being created when it comes to narratives to incentives governments to allow the mining and not become another China.

All governments around the world being Canada and China the first to figure out they can't stop Bitcoin and both are The People's republic of Canada and China.

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Excellent commentary. I don't really think bitcoin will ever be banned in the U.S., and I don't think Ron Paul thinks so either. There will likely be people who will try to ban it, but they'll be overcome by the reasonable thinkers in positions that matter. In the long run, bitcoin (and all cryptocurrencies) will benefit the U.S. It may be influential enough some day to influence U.S. monetary policy.

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