Still, there are plenty of questions about the functional details of the bond, and a lot of unknowns about its real impact. To find out more, I recently spoke with Samson Mow, CEO of Blockstream. Mow and Blockstream acted as advisors on the design of the bond, and the bond will be issued using Liquid, a bitcoin-based service created by Blockstream. But Blockstream won’t be … [Read more...] about Behind the Scenes of El Salvador’s Bitcoin Bond With the Man Who Designed It
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‘Bitcoin is not an asset that is designed to be leveraged,’ says Caitlin Long
All eyes are on Bitcoin (BTC), with the largest cryptocurrency shooting up past $40,000 on Monday. Unsurprisingly, the price increase happened shortly after Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that the electric-car company would potentially accept BTC payments once more miners confirm green energy initiatives. Yet, while Musk’s tweet may have driven the price of Bitcoin up, some … [Read more...] about ‘Bitcoin is not an asset that is designed to be leveraged,’ says Caitlin Long