Bloomberg Bashes Bitcoin: Lists it as the Worst Currency
Bitcoin is the worst currency today... Could this really be true? The Bloomberg View states: "Bitcoin is second only to gold on the list of topics guaranteed to arouse the wrath of the Internet trolls. Yet relentless promotion can't hide these facts: The digital currency peaked at a value of $1,130 just over a year ago. Its plunge of more than 56 percent in 2014 makes it the world's worst performing currency this year, according to Bloomberg, which tracks 175 foreign-exchange values." Mark Gilbert, who authored the article, also had a bit more to say regarding his opinion of the digital....
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