Steve Bannon is creating a cryptocurrency to fund global populism

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“It would provide financial services, and a reward for political activity,” says blockchain investor and businessman Jeffrey Wernick. “Not necessarily for one party, but just for participating in the process: for supporting independents, not just democrats or republicans.”

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Wernick described Bannon’s new cryptocurrency as geared towards the “deplorables” – as Hillary Clinton labelled half of Donald Trump’s supporters in an infamous 2016 video – although the ambition is for the token to have a global reach, rather than a US-only one; the token will likely be launched by the end of 2018.

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/steve-bannon-cryptocurrency-politics-token