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Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
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Por qué bitcoin podría ser algo bueno para El Salvador
La adopción de esa criptomoneda como de curso legal podría ayudar a impulsar la economía del país, dice nuestra columnista, pero hay riesgos si el gobierno se excede en la con...
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele
By Frances CoppolaAndrés Engler
Jul 19, 2021 at 9:39 p.m. UTC
Jul 19, 2021
SpanishEl SalvadorLey Bitcoin
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele
Policy
Bitcoin
Why Bitcoin Could Be Good for El Salvador
Adopting Bitcoin as legal tender could help the El Salvador economy grow, says our columnist, but there are risks if the government over-indulges new borrowing.
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele
By Frances Coppola
Jun 23, 2021 at 2:13 p.m. UTC
Jun 23, 2021
BitcoinOpinionEl Salvador
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Tech
Bitcoin
Why Bitcoin Should Be Priced in Sats (and Why It Has a Divisibility Dilemma)
Exchanges should consider quoting bitcoin's price in sats to get more buyers. But are there enough to make bitcoin a global savings vehicle?
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By Frances Coppola
May 12, 2021 at 6:28 p.m. UTC
May 12, 2021
BitcoinOpinion
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Policy
Opinion
Why Money Scarcity Means Someone Goes Hungry
We don’t want to create so much money that it becomes worthless. But it is better to risk inflation than to deny people the means to live.
Sheets of Japanese 10,000 yen banknotes move through a machine at the National Printing Bureau Tokyo.
By Frances Coppola
Mar 1, 2021 at 3:11 p.m. UTC
Mar 1, 2021
Opinion
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Markets
Opinion
Caveat Depositor. How Safe Is Your Stablecoin?
USD stablecoins are created largely outside the dollar system and lack federal deposit guarantees. Investors should be careful.
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By Frances Coppola
Feb 8, 2021 at 7:44 p.m. UTC
Feb 8, 2021
OpinionStablecoins
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Finance
Opinion
Scarcity Gives Bitcoin Value, but Not the Way You Think
Bitcoin is "scarce" (and therefore valuable) when demand for it exceeds the available supply, not because of its 21 million hard cap, says our columnist.
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By Frances Coppola
Jan 28, 2021 at 3:14 p.m. UTC
Jan 28, 2021
Opinion
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Markets
Opinion
Crypto’s Choice: Join the Financial System or Fight It
The crypto industry faces a momentous choice. Does it integrate with the existing financial system's rules? Or does it choose to fight for its anti-status quo principles?
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By Frances Coppola
Dec 27, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. UTC
Dec 27, 2020
OpinionYear in Review 2020
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Markets
Opinion
Why Bitcoin Thrives (and Why It Won't Replace the Dollar)
A world in which bitcoin becomes the global reserve currency is a world many of us would not want to live in.
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By Frances Coppola
Nov 16, 2020 at 5:12 p.m. UTC
Nov 16, 2020
Opinion
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Markets
Opinion
Ethereum, Dark Forests and the Limits of Transparency
The crypto world eschewed trust in favor of transparency. But transparency doesn’t solve the problem of untrustworthiness in financial markets.
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By Frances Coppola
Oct 28, 2020 at 4:54 p.m. UTC
Oct 28, 2020
OpinionDeFi
‘It’s This Really Precious Thing.’ Lex Sokolin on DeFi’s Next Chapter, and Frances Coppola on the End of Banks.
Opinionated
Banks
‘It’s This Really Precious Thing.’ Lex Sokolin on DeFi’s Next Chapter, and Frances Coppola on the End of Banks
The latest Opinionated podcast features Lex Sokolin, of ConsenSys, on the future of DeFi, and Frances Coppola on the end of banks as we know them. Your host is Ben Schiller, C...
‘It’s This Really Precious Thing.’ Lex Sokolin on DeFi’s Next Chapter, and Frances Coppola on the End of Banks.
By Ben SchillerFrances CoppolaLex Sokolin
Oct 25, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
Oct 25, 2020
BanksPodcastsDeFiOpinionated