Understanding the Coming Currency Cold War

Will the future of currency be led by the U.S., China, Bitcoin or some combination we can barely imagine today?

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This episode is sponsored by Crypto.com, Bitstamp and Nexo.io.

This week’s Long Reads Sunday is a reading of “The Currency Cold War: Four Scenarios” by Jeff Wilser – part of CoinDesk’s Internet 2030 series.

In it, Wilsner talks to experts about four scenarios:

• A multi-currency scenario, where exchange is abstracted away via digital wallets
• A China-led scenario
• A U.S.-led scenario
• A bitcoin/non-state currency-led scenario

In addition to reading, NLW gives his take on which scenario is most likely.

See also: Sven Henrich on the Ever-Weakening Economic Cycle

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