"A volatile currency for volatile times" - Timour Azhari
When the banks become the volatile alternative, when your rights and control over what's in "your" bank account are a fleeting daydream, when the banks abuse your trust, take your money, and then try to sell it back to you; a volatile, independent, decentralized digital money, becomes that very thing that "puts your mind at ease." Everything is relative, and the world is an increasingly volatile place. Don't miss this one!
Link to the original article by Timour, plus don't forget to check out the author on Twitter for more great stuff like this one!
https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/distrust-lebanese-banks-spurs-bitcoin-boom-200224202742678.html
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https://anchor.fm/thecryptoconomy/episodes/CryptoQuikRead_308---Sovereignty-Through-Mathematics---Part-1-Knut-Svanholm-e7tak7
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