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    Off the Charts: Supply Chain Angst

    Off the Charts: Supply Chain Angst

    This week, the U.S. consumer price index for October showed a 6.2% increase from a year ago, the highest inflation rate since 1990, news that directly contributed to bitcoin’s mid-week surge to new all-time highs.What’s causing that inflation? Well, Bitcoin advocates...
    Tether, Bitcoin and Chinese Commercial Paper at Scale

    Tether, Bitcoin and Chinese Commercial Paper at Scale

    For critics of Tether, the new economy of digital assets is based on the world’s oldest profession: real estate speculation.Crypto markets took a dip Thursday just around the time it was reported that China’s Evergrande Group was on the verge of defaulting on a bond...
    How Crypto Becomes Money

    How Crypto Becomes Money

    By soaring 4.4% to new record highs Wednesday after the release of a report that showed U.S. inflation hit its highest level in 31 years and then losing all of that in the day, bitcoin played straight into the hands of mainstream economists who pooh-pooh its potential...
    The Politics of Bitcoin

    The Politics of Bitcoin

    This episode is sponsored by NYDIG.Download this episodeOn today’s episode of “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at how bitcoin’s place in the political dialogue in the United States has changed dramatically over the years. He argues 2021 will be remembered as the year...
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