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Dec 2021
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Who Sets the Rules of Bitcoin as Nation-...

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On today's show, CoinDesk's Chief Insights Columnist, David Z. Morris, takes a look at how a scrappy, leaderless, multi-trillion dollar project called Bitcoin could survive when the corporations try to change it. Read the story here. This episode is sponsored by Kava, Nexo.io and Market Intel by Chainalysis. This episode was edited & produced by Adrian Blu ... Show More
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