All Things Alt: Max Keiser Talks Altcoins, Investment and Political Disruption
The summer of 2014 is really heating up in the alternative cryptocurrency world. What will the next few months bring for altcoins? We can all agree that, well, nobody is certain. To get a perspective on the possible road ahead, All Things Alt caught up with Max Keiser, host of The Keiser Report, guru for maxcoin, and one of the leading voices behind StartCOIN, a new altcoin-powered crowdfunding initiative. Read on to see what Keiser had to say about alt investment, maxcoin and the inherent political nature of digital currencies. The case for altcoins. Keiser suggested that altcoins are a....
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