Original article published in Econopoly (Il Sole 24 Ore) in Italian on October 23, 2020

Historians will mark October 2, 2020 as a watershed date. It is the day when the European Central Bank (ECB) formally expressed its interest in a digital Euro, in this report by Christine Lagarde and Fabio Panetta.

This is the first article in English in my blog. There’s no better way to inaugurate it than with my thoughts on Bitcoin, especially after the recent “halving”, and compare its 11-year history with the Dollar and Euro. It’s rude to use offensive words as in the title, I know; but I couldn’t really find better terms to summarize the warning scream that Bitcoin is sending to the monetary policy gurus around the world.