China Global Television Network Talks Bitcoin Future: “We’re All Gonna Die”
Bitcoin is dead, is going to die, and more are not unheard of comments. The cryptocurrency being bad for the environment, the economy, even being called rat poison isn’t anything new. But “we’re all gonna die” if the emerging technology succeeds is definitely a new one, and completely out of left field. The comment comes […]
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