Edward Snowden, who previously worked for the U.S. National Security Agency as an IT expert, finds that Bitcoin only got stronger after the ban from China.
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On October 4, Snowden shared his opinion via a tweet. In May 2020, when China announced that trading crypto is illegal in the country, he wrote that was the first time that he decided to purchase BTC. According to him, there was too much panic and too little reason.Snowden quoted that tweet noting that Bitcoin is up around 10 times since, despite the global attempts by the governments to diminish public understanding and support for the crypto sector.
Sometimes I think back to this and wonder how many people bought #Bitcoin then.
— Edward Snowden (@Snowden) October 3, 2021
It's up ~10x since, despite a coordinated global campaign by governments to undermine public understanding of—and support for—cryptocurrency.
China even banned it, but it just made Bitcoin stronger. https://t.co/pbnOFGfaVf
Earlier this year the whistleblower talked about cryptocurrency's perceived lack of privacy. He's not all optimistic about BTC and finds that the coin is failing on the privacy angle.