US must embrace Bitcoin to counter Chinese 'financial attack' — Pomp

US must embrace Bitcoin to counter Chinese 'financial attack' — Pomp

From cointelegraph.com

Bitcoin (BTC) can undermine the U.S. dollar if the United States does not take a lead role in accepting it, argues Anthony Pompliano. Speaking to CNBC on April 8, the Morgan Creek Digital co-founder followed up on a warning from investor Peter Thiel that China could use Bitcoin to destabilize USD hegemony. Thiel cautions over Bitcoin threat "I do wonder at this point whether Bitcoin is to be thought of in part as a Chinese financial weapon against the U.S.; it threatens fiat money but it especially threatens the U.S. dollar," Thiel had said in an appearance at the Nixon Seminar. Asked whether this was a potential ... (full story)

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