Australia’s Central Bank Says Bitcoin ‘Not Really Money,’ No Risk to Financia...

Australia’s Central Bank Says Bitcoin ‘Not Really Money,’ No Risk to Financia...

The Reserve Bank's assistant governor for financial systems, Michelle Bullock, said there is "a lot of fuss over bitcoin."


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