Whitney is joined by Bitcoin Magazine’s Mark Goodwin to discuss how bitcoin is being used by some to dollarize the world and entrench the very same financial power structures, particularly in the developing world, that bitcoin was ostensibly created to challenge. Also discussed are suspect stablecoins and the roles of some in crypto in building out the global digital surveillance panopticon and testing those technologies on vulnerable populationrfis.
Originally published 06/02/23.
Links discussed:
- Blockchain humanitarianism and crypto-colonialism – ScienceDirect
- Crypto-Colonialists Use the Most Vulnerable People in the World as Guinea Pigs
- Why the Crypto World Should Embrace the Feds’ Crackdown | Institutional Investor
- The Birth Of The Bitcoin-Dollar – Bitcoin Magazine – Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert Insights
- Castles Made of Sand Dollars: SBF, FTX, and other Three Letter Agents – Bitcoin Magazine – Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert Insights
- FTX and the Curious History of Farmington State Bank
- Stablecoin Monster CBDC Red Herring – Bitcoin Magazine – Bitcoin News, Articles and Expert Insights
- FASAB Statement 56: Understanding New Government Financial Accounting Loopholes – Solari Report
- Ethiopia’s blockchain deal is a watershed moment — for the technology, and for Africa
- Why a little-known blockchain-based identity project in Ethiopia should concern us all – Ethiopia | ReliefWeb
- Why the Crypto World Should Embrace the Feds’ Crackdown | Institutional Investor
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