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Libertarian Bitcoin Advocate Javier Milei’s Surprise Election Victory Amidst Digital Asset Volatility and Global Economic Shifts

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Once we hear that “Bitcoin is too risky,” as residents of the U.S. and as holders of {dollars} we should keep in mind that this straightforward assertion comes from a place of considerable privilege, particularly “exorbitant privilege.” First termed by French Finance Minister Valéry Giscard d’Estaing within the Sixties, exorbitant privilege refers back to the distinctive advantages that the U.S. enjoys because of the widespread use of the greenback in worldwide commerce, finance and as a worldwide reserve foreign money. Among the advantages from the worldwide ubiquity and near-insatiable demand for {dollars} are the U.S. authorities’s means to print {dollars} with minimal consequence and to borrow at decrease rates of interest than different international locations, many with checkered monetary pasts (like Argentina). Global reserve standing additionally simplifies financial coverage selections for the U.S., because the Federal Reserve is the de facto international central financial institution, setting the tone for different central banks to comply with comparable fee insurance policies to defend their trade charges. Or, as John Connally, President Richard Nixon’s Treasury Secretary, bluntly put it to a bunch of European finance ministers: “The dollar is our currency, but it’s your problem.”

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