Narrative Watch: 3 Key Battlelines of the Digital Currency Wars
The digital currency wars are getting hotter and hotter, but they're not one dimensional. This narrative watch looks at three key battlelines: Nations vs. Private companies - who gets to make digital currencies? Nations vs. Nations...
October 22, 201921m 8s
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Show Notes
The digital currency wars are getting hotter and hotter, but they're not one dimensional. This narrative watch looks at three key battlelines:
- Nations vs. Private companies - who gets to make digital currencies?
- Nations vs. Nations (specifically China) - competition to get their faster and better
- Pegged vs. Basket vs. Fractional Reserve - the actual composition of the asset matters - as we see from pressure on Facebook to make Libra a 1:1 peg USD instead of a basket