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friendly economic time. Today (9th) we will also be with reporter Han Ji-yeon. Today we are talking about Bitcoin. First of all, last weekend, the Bitcoin price plummeted due to the Omicron fear. You say you're up again?



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Yes, there are many stories like this, Omicron is like a cold, the symptoms are mild, so investment sentiment is revived and it has recovered to the $50,000 level.



What I am going to talk about today is not that the emphasis is on rising again, but Bitcoin, which reached an all-time high of $69,000 and then fell again by 50%, shaking the market. is whether you can get it.



Controversy has continued, but this year, the number of places receiving virtual currency as a salary has increased.



In particular, if you look at the US, Miami Mayor Suarez is the first US market to declare that he will receive his salary in Bitcoin. New York Mayor Eric Adams has promised to receive his first three months salary in Bitcoin after being elected.



This wind is blowing not only in politics but also in the sports world. In American football, players such as Odell Beckham Jr. and Aaron Rogers said they would receive all or part of their salaries in Bitcoin.



However, the fact that the Bitcoin price has fallen by more than 20% like last weekend means that the salary has also been reduced by that much.



Another voice of concern is emerging, Bloomberg News also warned that people who are paid in virtual currency have suffered an economic blow in this regard, and warned not to ignore the risk factor of large price fluctuations.



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One other thing I'm curious about is that here in El Salvador, South America, Bitcoin has been adopted as a legal currency. (Yes, it has been since September.) It seems like three months have passed. How is the situation now?



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conclusion, it can be evaluated that it is heading towards a failure phase. The money we use is actually just a piece of paper, but it can buy houses and things because everyone trusts it as 'money'.



Bitcoin would need a process to gain trust, but the people of El Salvador don't seem to think so.



As you can see on this screen right now, about 4,000 people have gathered and are protesting like "It's not possible with Bitcoin currency", but it's been over 3 months since it was adopted. It will take some time for the national policy to take hold, but more than 90% of the people support the use of the dollar.



Also, the government made an electronic wallet called 'Chibo' to use Bitcoin, but 45% of Koreans signed up, but rarely use it when the government asks to join.



Identity theft scams that try to swindle the $30 you give to induce your first sign-up are also on the rise. Although there are a lot of technical problems and complaints are rampant, the president of this country doesn't seem to give up at all.



Bitcoin fell over 20% last weekend. At that time, even though there was such an observation that it was a company, a household, and a loss would be large, he argued that "buying more bitcoins is the solution", and he posted on his Twitter at the time that he bought 150 bitcoins cheaply.



He is also showing his ambition to build the world's first bitcoin city in the future.



The IMF warned once again in September that "Bitcoin should not be used as a currency because its price volatility is too high."



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the financial world that is still in existence, there seems to be a high voice that we need to be a little careful because the volatility of Bitcoin is too great, but we will have to wait and see what will happen as various attempts are being made. The last thing I was curious about was who the creator of Bitcoin was recently, and I think there has been a lot of talk about it. But in the end, it doesn't seem that easy to figure out.



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Yes. The creator of Bitcoin is known as a group or individual of programmers named Satoshi Nakamoto. A lawsuit has been filed over the ownership of this Nakamoto, 1.1 million Bitcoins valued at as much as 80 trillion won.



According to the contents, it is said that Bitcoin was created by two partners, and one of them, Kleiman's family, demands that the other partner Wright give half of Nakamoto's 1.1 million Bitcoins.



The reason this lawsuit draws attention is that the identity of the creator of Bitcoin can be revealed depending on the verdict. The subject of the lawsuit, Reint, is an Australian programmer who claims to be Nakamoto.



So, if Wright actually passes half of his bitcoins to his family, it proves he is Nakamoto.



However, the court rejected the claim that Wright and Kleiman collaborated to create Bitcoin, and the identity of the creator has not been revealed again this time.