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04/08/2021 Thiel cautions over Bitcoin threat “I do wonder at this point whether Bitcoin is to be thought of in part as a Chinese financial weapon against the U.S.; it threatens fiat money but it especially threatens the U.S. dollar,” Thiel had said in an appearance at the Nixon Seminar. Asked whether this was a potential problem, Pompliano was quick to point out that Thiel was not an opponent of Bitcoin, but rather that it, like the internet, could have both positive and negative consequences for Washington should policymakers make ill-thought-out decisions. “I think what we’ve got to understand is...
