Nobel Prize Winner: Bitcoin Could Destroy El Salvador's Entire Economy

2021-6-16 13:00
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According to the Cointelegraph, Steve Hanke, a Johns Hopkins University economics professional and Nobel Prize winner, said bitcoin could affect the entire Salvadoran economy and cause it to shut down, as any US currency in El Salvador could be withdrawn. , they will lose their national currency. Hanke was previously known to describe Bitcoin as a valued currency with a 'starting value of zero'. In April of this year, he tweeted: "Cryptocurrency is the future of money, but Bitcoin is not."

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