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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Jun 2021

      Jeet Heer Retweeted CoinDesk

      The United States is famous for being wary about intervening in El Salvador.https://twitter.com/CoinDesk/status/1402015867244789760 …

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      The U.S. cannot deny #bitcoin as a currency once it has been established as legal tender in El Salvador, @Avik says. "It would take a level of intervention in El Salvador's affairs which I don't think the U.S. wants to get involved in." Full interview: https://www.coindesk.com/video/bitcoin-could-become-legal-tender-in-el-salvador … pic.twitter.com/MWPqYoGh6p
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 8 Jun 2021

      Leaving aside the various pro & con arguments for cryptocurrency, the thinking seems to be that nation states will let a major source of power (control of currency) be displaced. I find that hard to believe. When push comes to shove, nation states can & will assert power.

      8:45 PM - 8 Jun 2021
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        1. Robin Feld‏ @drmarioaficion 8 Jun 2021
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          If it were Reagan: there would be a coup.

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        1. Voted best reply‏ @JackFinesse 8 Jun 2021
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          It's "legal tender" - what a sovereign country accepts for that countries debt is up to them . They aren't adopting it as an official currency

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        2. Robert Waldmann‏ @robertwaldmann 8 Jun 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Several nation states use the US dollar as currency. One controls it. Liberia, Panama, and Ecuador have given up control of their currency and the seigniorage and send us goods and services in exchange for pieces of paper.

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        1. Sandra Guzmán‏ @mssandraguzman 8 Jun 2021
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          Agree! The US has done & will do whatever it wants in the hemisphere. Legally or via back door channels. It’s an imperial power & bully. The level of innocence about American interventions around the world to protect its capitalist interests is galling. Do ppl study US history?

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        1. eataTREE‏ @TheREALeataTREE 8 Jun 2021
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          Bitcoin facilitates crime and is bad for the environment. It solves no problem other than "How can we make this illegal transaction without being caught by police". It can and should be outlawed by every nation that doesn't want to be a gangster state.

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        1. cholula bankhead‏ @upwithppl 8 Jun 2021
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          Currency, like everything else, is ultimately enforced by state power

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        1. KingOfPies‏ @RegalPastry 8 Jun 2021
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          Other than the CIA, can you see any gov't agency or any of the branches embracing crypto- anything? Instead of blockchain, there would be red tape chain. That is the most likely scenario of gov't recognition of cryptostuff other than taxing bitcoin investors

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        1. David Dittman‏ @ddittman 8 Jun 2021
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          The whole thing boils down to U.S. dollar reserve currency status and the absolute imperative that it be protected, strictly from a cost-of-living perspective. At the same time, our “Warfare State” goes a long way to support this particular “empire hedge”…

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        1. ChrisO‏ @ChrisO_wiki 9 Jun 2021
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          I think Bitcoin's greatest vulnerability is that it's become the currency of choice for criminals, because it's unregulated and untraceable. I expect governments will eventually launch their own cryptocurrencies and ban unregulated ones.

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