This year the world is facing political turmoil protests have become the new norm but what does this mean for the economy in terms of crypto currencies amid global turmoil crypto currency usage has spiked in some of these countries volumes increase in hong kong for example where the island is reaching almost 6 months of political unrest this was after the much disputed bill that would allow citizens to be extradited to china and just last month trading sites like local big coins reportedly saw it 3rd largest weekly big volume ever the platform accorded a 1420000. 00 worth of transaction volume meanwhile yellow vests in paris are nearing a continuous year of protest these were caused by rising fuel prices ecuador and also followed suit when protesters in the 2 countries took to the streets to call out the increasing inequality now weeks ago a state of emergency was declared in chile it is. A. T. M. s were on lockdown leaving many banking users without access to withdraw their funds the
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