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Podcast: The Peter McCormack Show
Episode: Bitcoin & the Currency Wars with Lyn Alden - WBD443
Description: Location: New York Date: Wednesday 8th December Project: lynalden.com Role: Macroeconomist These are strange times. The US Dollar's established role as the global reserve currency is under threat from competing powers, most notably China. However, at the same time, Bitcoin, a nascent and denigrated decentralized digital asset, has grown so rapidly it is now being seriously considered as a potential competitor to all nation-state currencies. The dominant international role of the US Dollar wasn't inevitable; it was the result of deliberate and coordinated efforts to ensure it replaced gold as the...