Bitcoin Shakes Up Congress
Bitcoin is on the map in Congress as this morning as Politico, a leading newspaper and website predominantly read by Capitol Hill Staff Members and Congress published an article entitled, "Congress Starts Looking Into Bitcoin." What does this mean for the Bitcoin community, Congress and the US Executive Branch? Ideally, Members of Congress and the US....
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