U.S. Can’t Ban Bitcoin Because It’s Free Speech: Abra CEO

Lai Tran July 3, 2019 0 Comments

The United States government can’t ban bitcoin because the original cryptocurrency is free speech that’s protected under the Constitution. That’s the opinion of Bill Barhydt, the CEO of crypto wallet and exchange Abra. Barhydt reasoned that bitcoin is computer code, and code is speech. And speech is a Constitutionally-protected civil right under the First Amendment. […]