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Re:Janet Yellen suggests 'curtailing' cryptocurrencies such ... by janoside on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @02:21PM (#25850693)
Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation, someone who spends a lot of time and energy trying to help people in economically repressed circumstances, clearly disagrees with your assessment:

https://time.com/5486673/bitcoin-venezuela-authoritarian/

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1340836877595594752.html

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Re:Janet Yellen suggests 'curtailing' cryptocurrencies such ... by strictnein on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @02:32PM (#25850846)
Not sure there's a lot of light between

> Sending money to dissidents in other countries

and the uses that Gladstein mentions. So I wouldn't say that he "clearly disagrees".

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