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Bitcoin vs Gold

Tom Spencer

With the US Federal Reserve printing up several trillion dollars of new money in 2020, market commentators have been banging the war drum. Figure 1 below shows that the money supply in America grew steadily from 1980 to 2020, but with a distinct jump upwards of around 19% in the first half of 2020. in the first half of 2020.

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India’s Botched War on Cash

Harvard Business

India is in the throes of an unprecedented social experiment in enforced digital disruption, and the world has much to learn from it. But there is a question that hasn’t been asked: Is there a digital upside to this crisis? And yet India’s initiative had the potential for chaos. Sounds bad, right?

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What are the potential risks of digital currency?

Tom Spencer

In the previous two articles, we explored the questions ‘ what is digital currency? ’ and ‘ what is the value of digital currency? ’ In this article, we will examine the potential risks. Why are some people hesitant about digital currency? What could go wrong? Loss of confidence.

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