eurodale on Nostr: Getting a lot of DMs about this. To be clear, NO European country is buying #Bitcoin ...
Getting a lot of DMs about this.
To be clear, NO European country is buying #Bitcoin yet (to my knowledge). Many of them can't for self-imposed legal reasons. But some saw this coming and are moving fast.
How do I know? 🤷
While I left that world behind as a career, a decade in continental politics, the European movement, and the EU left me with a broad network in many governments across Europe.
If not directly among the governments and their advisers, then in the highest levels of their civil services.
I also networked privately with some (now former) Presidents and PMs when they were early in town and needed a place to work in secret (they used my office to avoid recording any meetings in transparency registers 🙈, sorry)
Why would they tell me anything? 🤷
Some because they hate Bitcoin and hope someone will stop this. Some because they love Bitcoin and want to overcome the hurdles. Most because they STILL underestimate Bitcoin and don't see the big deal in telling me. And some because they hold Bitcoin and want rumours to pump their bags, of course.
That doesn't make the rumours untrue though: Europe is coming.
Let me add that a few European countries are already indirectly exposed to #Bitcoin through $MSTR et al. E.g. Norway indirectly holds ~$27 in Bitcoin per citizen right now, but this is already public.
I'll start covering these developments more closely, so drop a follow if you're interested.
Ps' I say Europe, so remember: not all countries are in the EU 👀
To be clear, NO European country is buying #Bitcoin yet (to my knowledge). Many of them can't for self-imposed legal reasons. But some saw this coming and are moving fast.
How do I know? 🤷
While I left that world behind as a career, a decade in continental politics, the European movement, and the EU left me with a broad network in many governments across Europe.
If not directly among the governments and their advisers, then in the highest levels of their civil services.
I also networked privately with some (now former) Presidents and PMs when they were early in town and needed a place to work in secret (they used my office to avoid recording any meetings in transparency registers 🙈, sorry)
Why would they tell me anything? 🤷
Some because they hate Bitcoin and hope someone will stop this. Some because they love Bitcoin and want to overcome the hurdles. Most because they STILL underestimate Bitcoin and don't see the big deal in telling me. And some because they hold Bitcoin and want rumours to pump their bags, of course.
That doesn't make the rumours untrue though: Europe is coming.
Let me add that a few European countries are already indirectly exposed to #Bitcoin through $MSTR et al. E.g. Norway indirectly holds ~$27 in Bitcoin per citizen right now, but this is already public.
I'll start covering these developments more closely, so drop a follow if you're interested.
Ps' I say Europe, so remember: not all countries are in the EU 👀