Tag: OpEd

Web3 Must Overcome Significant UX Challenges to Reach Mass Adoption – Op-Ed Bitcoin News

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User experience (UX) design affects nearly every waking moment of our lives. It’s not just digital either. Have you ever thought about the UX of doors? Perhaps a brief refresher of what UX is, will help. A useful definition of UX is as follows: ”A person’s perception and responses that result from the use or anticipated use of a product, system or service” (from The International Organization for Standardization). The following opinion editorial was written by Bitcoin.com’s head of product experience Alex Knight. Back to doors. We’ve all experienced a…

Cryptocurrency as Money — Store of Value or Medium of Exchange? – Op-Ed Bitcoin News

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**The following article was written by Kristoffer Mousten Hansen and Karras Lambert and published on September 28, 2022. Cryptocurrency as Money — Store of Value or Medium of Exchange? was originally published on mises.org. The opinions expressed in this article are the authors’ own. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any opinions, content, accuracy or quality within the op-ed.** Cryptocurrency enthusiasts generally have a great appreciation for the Austrian school of economics. This is understandable since Austrian economists have always argued for the merit of privately produced money…

Tornado in the Coal Mine — How Globalists Plan to Penalize Privacy and the Poor – Op-Ed Bitcoin News

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No privacy. No property. No prosperity. If you follow the news, you’ve seen the trend — putting legal limits on cash transactions, the emergence of surveillance-oriented, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and more recently, crypto mixing platform Tornado Cash being sanctioned by the United States Treasury. There is a new wave of propaganda increasingly demonizing individual financial privacy and “private” cryptocurrencies and protocols. You’ve likely experienced the dystopian push in your own life, as banks and financial institutions demand more and more sensitive, personal information, and freeze your hard-earned money…

The Key to Attaining the UN Goal to Reduce Remittance Costs to Less Than 3% by 2030 – Op-Ed Bitcoin News

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The cost incurred by African migrants or expatriates when sending funds via the so-called formal corridors remains way above the UN target of less than three percent, the latest data from the World Bank has shown. On the other hand, the cost is much lower than the target when cryptocurrencies are used. Global Average Higher Than SDG Target According to the latest World Bank (WB) remittance data, Sub-Saharan Africa has once again emerged as the most expensive region to send funds to. With an average cost of 7.8% for every…

Get Real, Lagarde — The Underlying Asset ‘Guaranteeing’ Your Euro Scam Coin Is a Gun – Op-Ed Bitcoin News

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With the approaching tsunami of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) looming ever closer, it shouldn’t come as a surprise when central banks shill their coins at the expense of sounder assets. Recently, European Central Bank president Christine Lagarde went so far as to say that cryptocurrency is “worth nothing.” According to Lagarde, crypto has “no underlying asset” like the upcoming digital euro. But fiat money’s secret source of value is the real explosive scandal. ‘Worthless’ Innovation European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde recently remarked that crypto is “worth nothing” and…

The Real Work Must Start Now – Op-Ed Bitcoin News

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The Central Africa Republic (CAR)’s surprise bitcoin adoption decision once again shows that the top cryptocurrency can be an alternative to fiat currency. However, the African country still needs to invest heavily in its telecommunications infrastructure. The CAR also needs to prioritize education that helps the population to familiarize itself with cryptocurrency basics. The CAR’s Expensive Internet There is little doubt Central Africa Republic’s decision to designate bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender has surprised many. Few people expected CAR — one of Africa’s most impoverished countries and one whose economy…

Why Bitcoin’s Neutrality Is Its Greatest Humanitarian Asset – Op-Ed Bitcoin News

Decentralized networks such as Bitcoin’s don’t know national allegiance, they only know math. And when you’re trying to get your savings out of an ATM, or send a payment to relatives in a war-torn environment, someone else’s politics is the last thing you want standing in the way of you and your loved ones’ well-being — regardless of what colors may be on the flag waving above your head. The Human Cost of Sanctions There are no winners in war. Bankers and politicians start them, and everyday individuals like you…

Critiques on Crypto and Sterlin’s Response – Op-Ed Bitcoin News

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The following opinion editorial is a Jacobin Podcast review written by the author Sterlin Lujan, the chief risk officer with Cryptospace. The Jacobin Podcast episode called: “Dig: Cryptocurrency w/ Edward Ongweso Jr & Jacob Silverman,” touches upon “cryptocurrency, NFTs, Elon Musk, the metaverse, meme stocks, and techno-utopianism amid the crushing reality of our neoliberal hellscape.” Cryptocurrency isn’t fringe technology anymore. Over the last decade, it has become embedded into finance, culture, and even our social life. It’s drastically changing the way we think about money, economics, and human action. However,…

An African Perspective on Why the World Needs Cryptocurrencies – Op-Ed Bitcoin News

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Rising cryptocurrency use in Africa over the past few years has not only shown that digital currencies are now a vital means of moving funds across borders and between people, but that cryptocurrencies are also an important means of accessing global markets for the financially excluded. Cryptocurrency Now a Necessity Despite ongoing efforts by regulators to curtail the use or trade of cryptocurrencies, the number of users of such digital assets continues to grow. As some studies have repeatedly shown, cryptocurrencies like bitcoin — which are seen or used as…