Commentary
For years, cryptocurrency evangelists have been hyping bitcoin and other cryptos and blockchain technology as the greatest invention since electricity or the internet.
Thinking About China
Opinion
Is Coronavirus Pushing Beijing to Cryptocurrency ‘With Chinese Characteristics’?
Digital currency may help reduce the spread of deadly coronavirus
A man uses his phone as he walks past ATM machines (L and R) for digital currency Bitcoin in Hong Kong on Dec. 18, 2017.
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James Gorrie
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James R. Gorrie is the author of “The China Crisis” (Wiley, 2013) and writes on his blog, TheBananaRepublican.com. He is based in Southern California.
