Bitcoin in the Headlines: Macroeconomics Debated
Bitcoin in the Headlines is a weekly look at global bitcoin news, analysing media coverage and its impact. Being a controversial technology, bitcoin has once again managed to captivate the media's attention over the last few days. Having seemingly recovered from the bad news fatigue that riddled the headlines last week, the mainstream media seems to have engaged in the bitcoin debate, trying to find ways to tie the technology to larger trends and events. On one side of the battle field, the media believes that the digital currency could potentially be adopted by countries wanting to....
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