Tim Culpan, Columnist

Bitcoin Is Sucking All the Oxygen

While alternatives like ethereum are growing, the original cryptocurrency remains dominant.

November 30, 2017 at 4:46 AM UTC

Tim Culpan is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering technology in Asia. Previously, he was a technology reporter for Bloomberg News.

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With all this love for bitcoin, spare a thought for the little guy.

Despite a plethora of new coins coming online in the past year, and the emergence of ethereum as an alternative cryptocurrency, bitcoin is still sucking up most of the oxygen.