Is Bitcoin really money?

IMF1 week ago7:36

Is Bitcoin really money? You can use it to buy a coffee, but in macroeconomic statistics, Bitcoin isn’t classified the way you might expect. In this episode of The Economy – How Do You Measure That, Jim Tebrake sits down with Padma Hurree Gobin to explain how statisticians classify Bitcoin, why they consider it an asset rather than money, and why the answer ultimately comes down to one simple question: Who owes whom?

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