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Dec 11, 2022Liked by Dominic Frisby

Yes there is, and he already owns it as you may find the rumours of Russian state funding for tech platforms like Telegram not far from the truth - Ether on blockchain is made for indisputable contracting and I would bet a small tot or two on Russian state involvement in its evolution. Biden has done his best to rubbish Bitcoin via all the most recent scandals - as you have noticed - and CBDC's are apparently the answer (??) - Ether is blockchain based and is suited to commerce in a way Bitcoin isn't - and the Chinese don't have an issue with it as its not suspected to be linked to the US government - some interesting reading on this if you do the research and try to ignore some horrible AI interpretations - its already a multipolar world and most of it doesn't speak English. If the conversation isn't including Ether there is a reason why and I would suggest a presence already on blockchain that is not an asset type but instead a commerce enabling technology as it has been all along and has penetration into most developed economies will benefit - hence no one is talking about it because, as usual, we are being diverted elsewhere.......

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Interesting. Thanks Chris

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Could tokenised gold be the answer? Like Aurus or Pax Gold? Crypto assets backed by physical gold held in reserve 1 - 1?

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yes. The problem is who and where is the trusted third party ...

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https://aurus.io/about-us that’s Aurus, scroll down to see the team. See anyone you’ve heard of? I haven’t but as a financial journo you may have..

https://paxos.com/company/ Paxos, again scroll down to see the team.

If the financial establishment even tacitly approved of either of these companies it could open the door to fast trusted gold transfers..

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