Bitcoin Interest in Netherlands Rises, Police Speeds Up Pending Bitcoin Cases
Interest in Bitcoin has increased over the past month, as Google Trends data concerning the search term “Bitcoin” shows. This surge of interest in Bitcoin triggered the Dutch law enforcement to regulate the digital currency and as a result, local prosecutors are speeding up with pending Bitcoin cases. A two-year Google Trends chart on the keyword “Bitcoin” show a drastic increase in Bitcoin interest in late 2013, a period wherein Bitcoin reached its previous all-time high trading value. Google searches on Bitcoin have remained relatively low since then, failing to surpass 30 points out of....
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