Bitcoin Now Trending on Wikipedia
Well here's the surprise of the century. Not long ago, Bitcoin was trending on Chinese search engine Baidu. And then it was trending on Yahoo. It didn't end there, though. It began to trend on Google, too. But now, the very topic of Bitcoin is trending on Wikipedia (see above image, via Reddit). With over 137,000 views today, it's put in second place right behind Halloween. That's pretty impressive. That makes the cryptocurrency a more popular read than, say, Boston Red Sox, Facebook, and Eminem's new album on the online encyclopedia. Pretty impressive. Oh, and Happy Halloween!
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