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Bitcoin Project also published the following comment:
Counterfeit $trillion
the state doesn’t bat an eye.??
Counterfeit $20
?the state loses its mind.
— Bitcoin (@Bitcoin) May 29, 2020
The debate continues, as do the protests that Governors responded to by announcing curfews in several states over the weekend. 75 cities across the country joined protests against police violence.
One protestor in Dallas carried a sign saying “Bitcoin Will Save Us,” to the ire of a number of commentators both within and outside of the crypto industry:
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— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) June 1, 2020
Cryptocurrencies role in recent protests across the globe
Cryptos continue to be a topic discussed amid the protests that have been taking place in recent years around the world.
Cointelegraph reported in 2019 that the pro-democracy and anti-government protest movement in Hong Kong spurred wider adoption of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.
The political upheaval prompted several local businesses and individuals to switch to using decentralized digital currencies.
In Latin America, cryptocurrencies played a role in the protests that occurred in the last quarter of 2019 in Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru.
