Shark Tank star Mark Cuban recently aired his thoughts on Ethereum’s upcoming “Merge” upgrade. He pointed out how Ethereum’s utility as a smart contract platform and as a deflationary asset are at odds. In an interview with Altcoin Daily on Sunday, Cuban explained that there is an inverse relationship between deflation and utilization of Ethereum. “If utilization goes up, and the value of a token goes up, then the cost to do something goes up,” he explained. “So you have…
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Are There Any Setbacks for Making Bitcoin a Legal Tender?
El Salvador is the first country globally to make Bitcoin a legal tender, despite the coin's enormous popularity. Yet, surprisingly, countries like China are openly against Bitcoin becoming a legal tender. Bitcoin's ultimate goal is to become a globally accepted financial system that could allow the exchange of goods and services, i.e., legal tender. However, the journey to Bitcoin becoming a legal tender continues to face a myriad of regulatory issues. In the United States, The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network…
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