{"id":11992,"date":"2021-10-10T15:42:42","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T14:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=11992"},"modified":"2021-10-10T15:42:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T14:42:56","slug":"steve-hanke-an-economist-takes-another-shot-at-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/steve-hanke-an-economist-takes-another-shot-at-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Hanke, an economist, takes another shot at Bitcoin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steve Hanke, a vocal Bitcoin opponent and renowned economist at Johns Hopkins University, has taken to Twitter once again to attack <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/el-salvadors-bitcoin-strategy-is-contrary-to-the-ideals-of-cryptocurrency-says-vitalik-butterin.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"11977\">Bitcoin<\/a>.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"739\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-33.png\" alt=\"Steve Hanke, an economist, takes another shot at Bitcoin\" class=\"wp-image-11996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-33.png 739w, https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-33-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 739px) 100vw, 739px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He has emphasised again again that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Steve+Hanke%2C+an+economist%2C+takes+another+shot+at+Bitcoin&oq=Steve+Hanke%2C+an+economist%2C+takes+another+shot+at+Bitcoin&aqs=chrome..69i57.1213j0j7&client=ms-android-huawei-rev1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Steve+Hanke%2C+an+economist%2C+takes+another+shot+at+Bitcoin&oq=Steve+Hanke%2C+an+economist%2C+takes+another+shot+at+Bitcoin&aqs=chrome..69i57.1213j0j7&client=ms-android-huawei-rev1&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bitcoin<span class=\"wpil-link-icon\" title=\"Link goes to external site.\" style=\"margin: 0 0 0 5px;\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"height:16px; width:16px; fill:#000000; stroke:#000000; display:inline-block;\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:svg=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><g id=\"wpil-svg-outbound-7-icon-path\" fill=\"none\" clip-path=\"url(#clip0_31_188)\">\r\n                            <path d=\"M9.16724 14.8891L20.1672 3.88908\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M13.4497 3.53554L20.5208 3.53554L20.5208 10.6066\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\r\n                            <path d=\"M17.5 13.5L17.5 16.26C17.5 17.4179 17.5 17.9968 17.2675 18.4359C17.0799 18.7902 16.7902 19.0799 16.4359 19.2675C15.9968 19.5 15.4179 19.5 14.26 19.5L7.74 19.5C6.58213 19.5 6.0032 19.5 5.56414 19.2675C5.20983 19.0799 4.92007 18.7902 4.73247 18.4359C4.5 17.9968 4.5 17.4179 4.5 16.26L4.5 9.74C4.5 8.58213 4.5 8.0032 4.73247 7.56414C4.92007 7.20983 5.20982 6.92007 5.56414 6.73247C6.0032 6.5 6.58213 6.5 7.74 6.5L11 6.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/>\r\n                        <\/g>\r\n                        <defs>\r\n                            <clipPath id=\"clip0_31_188\">\r\n                                <rect fill=\"white\" height=\"24\" width=\"24\"\/>\r\n                            <\/clipPath>\r\n                        <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> is very speculative, cautioning the community to avoid it. He went on to say that the BTC price is usually a rollercoaster ride for investors and traders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hanke included a meme about Bitcoin in his Steve Hanke, a vocal Bitcoin opponent and renowned economist at <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/an-economist-calls-bitcoin-a-snake-oil.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10260\">Johns Hopkins University<\/a>, has taken to Twitter once again to attack Bitcoin., depicting a dog who is only &#8220;occasionally friendly.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>#Bitcoin is a speculative asset. Its prices are always a rollercoaster ride. #Bitcoin is no exception. Fasten your seatbelt before entering, and enjoy the ride. pic.twitter.com\/fqWNgbQODD\u2014 Steve Hanke (@steve_hanke) October 9, 2021<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/an-economist-calls-bitcoin-a-snake-oil.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10260\">Hanke<\/a> also attacked Bitcoin on a couple occasions earlier this fall, claiming that the cryptocurrency's intrinsic worth is equal to nothing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also asserted at the time that bitcoin is volatile, lacks a high degree of certainty, and is susceptible to fraudulent activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to the present upward trend of <a href=\"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/el-salvadors-bitcoin-strategy-is-contrary-to-the-ideals-of-cryptocurrency-says-vitalik-butterin.html\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"11977\">Bitcoin<\/a>, Hanke has stated that &#8220;what goes up must come down.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Hanke, a vocal Bitcoin opponent and renowned economist at Johns Hopkins University, has taken to Twitter once again to attack Bitcoin. He has emphasised again again that Bitcoin is very speculative, cautioning the community to avoid it. He went on to say that the BTC price is usually a rollercoaster ride for investors and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":11996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[152,4496,5048],"class_list":["post-11992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-bitcoin","tag-economist","tag-hanke"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/image-33.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}