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510. What Problems Does Crypto Solve, Anyway?

Freakonomics Radio

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Investing in Cryptocurrency

Antoinette shore and her fellow economist, egor kerof have run the numbers on bit coin ownership. Anyone who bought crypto last fall, hoping to keep riding the wave, they are now down 60 or 70%. The big winners have been the earliest investors. Miami mayor francis soirez likes to say that the crypto omy can democratize investing in wealth building. But buying crypto currencies does not necessarily mean you make money.

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