Argentina trades $50k of bitcoins
A record $50,000 of bitcoins were traded in Argentina during the second week of April. Bitcoin's sixfold price increase this year is enticing to Argentines whose savings have been taking a hit from 25% annual inflation. Local agent Rodolfo Andragnes said that while local trading of bitcoin still equals less than 0.1% of the almost $1 billion of Argentina's foreign exchange transactions on a weekly basis, it has more than doubled since February. "Some Argentines are willing to take very risky investments and bet on this thing which feels almost like a Ponzi scheme because they feel their....
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