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As Bitcoin’s Genesis block makes clear, crypto was born from a monetary crisis.
Satoshi’s embedded message of "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks" speaks to the fact that fiat currency has become structurally unreliable, manipulated by central banks to rescue failing institutions. Hence his creation of Bitcoin, an alternative form of money, one immune to debasement.
In the sixteen years since Bitcoin’s creation, its founding premise has become an increasingly observable reality in global markets and assets.
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