Financial Freedom

Crypto Is A Human Right

What if a geopolitical event — like war — occurs and your digital assets are not protected?

Alex Bentley
Money vs. Machine
Published in
4 min readMar 1, 2022

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With the recent Russian military action against Ukraine, cryptocurrencies are once again in the news.

And crypto is proving to be more useful than ever before.

Bitcoin and cryptocurrency are taking center stage against terror and warfare.

And crypto is serving the purpose it was meant to accomplish.

Which is to provide a safe haven for people all over the world who are looking for alternatives to a country’s national currency. And for those people to have the option to send money to anyone, anywhere in the world, without the threat of a centralized authority controlling it or seizing their money.

A prime example of this is the war-stricken Ukraine.

Without crypto, Ukraine wouldn’t have received millions of dollars’ worth of donations from people all over the world. Their government wouldn’t have been able to buy and distribute the supplies their people desperately needed.

Another example of crypto’s power is the people of Russia.

As nations and world leaders squeeze Russia’s financial systems to…

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Alex Bentley
Money vs. Machine

I write about crypto, personal finance, business & tech. Also, I publish a bit of humor to make you laugh.