Cash of the titans, bitcoin diets and ATMs: The CoinDesk Weekly Review

Cash of the titans, bitcoin diets and ATMs: The CoinDesk Weekly Review

Welcome to the CoinDesk Weekly Review - a regular look at the hottest, most controversial and thought-provoking events in the world of digital currency through the eyes of skepticism and wonder. Your host ... John Law. Digital currency has many mysteries. Who created bitcoin? How does an umpire use it to decide who goes into bat first? And if the whole idea is to remove transaction costs and expensive intermediaries, just like real cash, who's going to make any money? But it doesn't pay to be too skeptical at the beginning of a bright new age, especially when so many entrepreneurs are....


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