The Future of Cryptocurrency

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I tend to think that most humans won't just lie in the public sphere at great length. Like most people, they might exaggerate but a lot of what's going on insofar as they're not telling the truth is that there's a certain self-deception going on. The rise of cryptocurrency and particularly Bitcoin and maybe the Ethereum blockchain but is the most important kind of invention since the internet became a mass medium in the late 80s and, you know, 90s. So whatever affects it is really bad. And I think one of the things to think about with the meltdown of FTX and whatnot is that in many ways, SPF, his actions, underscore the power of

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Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason, the libertarian magazine of "free minds and free markets", and host of The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie. Gillespie served as the editor in chief for Reason.com and Reason TV from 2008 through 2017 and was Reason magazine's editor in chief from 2000 to 2008. Under his direction, Reason won the 2005 Western Publications Association "Maggie" Award for Best Political Magazine. His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Post, Slate, Salon, Time.com, Marketplace, and numerous other publications; and he is a frequent commentator on radio and television networks such as National Public Radio, CNBC, CNN, C-SPAN, Fox Business, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and PBS. He holds a Ph.D. in English literature from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He also holds an M.A. in English with a concentration in creative writing from Temple University and a B.A. in English and Psychology from Rutgers University. Follow him on Twitter at @nickgillespie.