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Bitcoin is upending the world of the rich

And if it keeps going up, it'll upend it far more.

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Noah Smith
Apr 08, 2021
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I’ve written a lot about Bitcoin — its price fluctuations, its resource use, whether it can become a currency, and so on. But one thing I haven’t written about is the fabulous amount of wealth it’s creating for a few people — and how much more fabulous that wealth will get if the cryptocurrency’s upward trajectory continues. Even a relatively disappoint…

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