Vladimir Putin Says Bitcoin Can Be Used As A "Currency" today in a news conference.
Obviously he sees this as an opportunity to evade the useless sanctions and EU banks etc...
And in the even bigger picture.... he sees this as a replacement of the US dollar as the world's reserve currency. He would like to see his oil one day sold for a currency other than the US dollar.
Meanwhile the USA is now the number 1 miner of Bitcoin with industries being formed in many states.
The US is using the ace card up its sleeve that it can use once... which is to print endless amounts of $ to "keep things going"....
Never before has there been an alternative like Bitcoin