“I propose that cryptocurrencies are suspended between two contradictory goals: a radical political attempt to depoliticize the appearance of money and a seductive use of cryptocurrencies as speculative assets beyond the regulatory grasp of monetary and fiscal authorities.”

"Bitcoin was not just a consequence of public disillusionment during the 2008 financial crisis — it was also a response to neoliberal monetary policies that saw money as somehow above politics. But questions about monetary policy are questions about democracy."