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Bitcoin May Be the Global Economy's Last Safe Haven (businessweek.com)
13 points by apaprocki on March 28, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



Unlikely.


tell that to the cypriots.

FDIC: $25 Billion In Insurance US Bank accounts: $9,283 Billion In Deposits $297,514 Billion In Derivatives

~Occ.gov

tell me if those three lines balance out? :P

cyprus was the canary in the mine… and one would be a fool to think this is not more systemic to the entire global banking system…


I am entirely willing to believe that there are huge problems with the entire global banking system, but I think it is extremely unlikely that bitcoin or any other techno solution is going to be the result of a collapse. IMHO we're a lot more likely to go back to Victorian-era commodity-based currencies. Just my opinion, though.




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