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Where Does Bitcoin Fit in the Global Reserve Currency Game?
On this "Speaking of Bitcoin" episode, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a look at the past, present and future of global reserve currencies.
On this "Speaking of Bitcoin" episode, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy and Jonathan Mohan for a look at the past, present and future of global reserve currencies
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In the beginning there was the global reserve currency (U.S. dollars), national currencies like the Japanese yen, alternative currencies like Ithaca hours and just one cryptocurrency, bitcoin.
But what a difference a decade can make. Today there are thousands of cryptocurrencies, many created by enthusiasts who have ideas on how to make something even better than bitcoin, but also currencies that use some of the technology that makes bitcoin so powerful, but which pairs it with the authority of a national government like the digital yuan in China, the digital euro out of Brussels, or even a globe-spanning corporation with billions of customers like the libra, backed by Facebook.
In this emerging picture, is bitcoin still interesting? First attempts, which bitcoin very much is, are often not the successful attempts. And, importantly, as the world changes and we get closer to something other than the dollar standard, where does bitcoin fit?
Adam B. Levine
Adam B. Levine joined CoinDesk in 2019 as the editor of its new audio and podcasts division. Previously, Adam founded the long-running Let's Talk Bitcoin! talk show with co-hosts Stephanie Murphy and Andreas M. Antonopoulos. Finding early success with the show, Adam transformed the podcast's homepage into a full newsdesk and publishing platform, founding the LTB Network in January of 2014 to help broaden the conversation with new and different perspectives. In the Spring of that year, he would go on to launch the first and largest tokenized rewards program for creators and their audience. In what many have called an early influential version of "Steemit"; LTBCOIN, which was awarded to both content creators and members of the audience for participation was distributed until the LTBN was acquired by BTC, Inc. in January of 2017. With the network launched and growing, in late 2014 Adam turned his attention to the practical challenges of administering the tokenized program and founded Tokenly, Inc. There, he led the development of early tokenized vending machines with Swapbot, tokenized identity solution Tokenpass, e-commerce with TokenMarkets.com and media with Token.fm. Adam owns some BTC, ETH and small positions in a number of other tokens.
