Former Facebook Executive: 'Bitcoin IRS Ruling is Actually Good News'
Whenever a bit of bad news hits the Bitcoin community, there’s always at least one individual who pops up and claims that “this is actually good news.” In the case of the IRS ruling on Bitcoin, that lone individual is Chamath Palihapitiya. Chamath is a well-respected former Facebook executive who doesn’t hold back his excitement when it comes to the possibilities created by Bitcoin. When you combine all of the holdings of all the different investment vehicles controlled by Palihapitiya, you get just under 100,000 bitcoins. While there have actually been a few others who have simply stated....
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