Your Evening Briefing: In an Otherwise Terrible Year, Bitcoin Soared
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Like Monty Python’s Black Knight, Bitcoin believers treat near-fatal volatility as a mere flesh wound. Drops of 80% are welcomed as buying opportunities, for example. But far from being a weakness, this might be evidence of longevity. The cryptocurrency rallied 224% this year, bringing to mind the wild advances of 2017. —David E. Rovella
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