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Can Bitcoin Become A National Currency?

Professor Antonio Fatas, Professor of Economics, INSEAD

09-Sep-21 07:30

Can Bitcoin Become A National Currency?

El Salvador recently became the first country to adopt bitcoin as its national currency, replacing the dollar. Professor Antonio Fatas, Professor of Economics, INSEAD discusses the readiness of bitcoin as legal tender, and the case for digital currencies going forward.

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Produced by: Sim Wie Boon

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Noelle Lim, Philip See


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