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Evaluating the Implications of Digital Legal Tender
Imagine a national government is considering declaring a popular, but highly volatile, cryptocurrency as official legal tender alongside its existing national currency. Evaluate this proposal. In your evaluation, discuss at least two potential benefits and two significant risks this policy would create for the country's economy and its citizens, based on the fundamental characteristics of a government-declared, legally accepted means of payment.
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