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The Nazis Rigged France's Currency to Rob It - Then France Did the Same Thing to Africa (Bit Coin, Wealth and Investing)

from Should I Invest in Bitcoin? Grow Your Wealth & Understand the Cryptocurrency Bit Coin, for Millennials Serious About Money and Investing · host Myles Dhillon

Part one of a series on the CFA franc, the currency France created for its African colonies on Boxing Day 1945 and still runs today, across fourteen countries and more than two hundred million people.In this episode you will discover:How the Nazi occupation actually extracted wealth from France, which had almost nothing to do with soldiers and everything to do with an exchange rate, an occupation currency, and France's own central bank being legally forced to do the workWhy Charles de Gaulle signed the CFA franc into existence on the same day France ratified the Bretton Woods agreements, eighteen months after liberation, with no African government in the roomHow the system still works in 2026 why these countries have access to roughly thirty percent of their own foreign currency reserves, and why every banknote they use is printed in a factory in central FranceI built a free calculator that shows exactly what consistent monthly Bitcoin investing could do to your wealth over 5, 10 or 20 years. It's called the Steady Stack Calculator — punch in what you can afford to put in each month and see what the numbers actually look like at the other end. Most people are genuinely surprised. You can also download the 10 Bitcoin Mistakes to Avoid document completely free at the same link.Steady Stack Calculator and 10 Bitcoin Mistakes Document — click here to grab both for freeHit follow, so you never miss the latest insights on money, finance, invest and build wealth - plus clear guidance on cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, and Bit Coin for today’s serious investors.

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Part one of a series on the CFA franc, the currency France created for its African colonies on Boxing Day 1945 and still runs today, across fourteen countries and more than two hundred million people. In this episode you will discover: How the Nazi occupation actually extracted wealth from France, which had almost nothing to do with soldiers and everything to do with an exchange rate, an occupation currency, and France's own central bank being legally forced to do the workWhy Charles de Gaull...

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