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Bitcoin Is the New Gold
Invest in it, perhaps. But don't try to shop with it.
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I hate to say I told you so, but … well, I told you so. Bitcoin,1517343279334 while still a popular financial asset, is looking less and less like a currency. Online payments company Stripe is ending Bitcoin support. It cites several reasons for doing so:
A steady trickle of companies is no longer accepting Bitcoin as payment for goods and services. Such transactions never became very widespread in the first place. Even a Bitcoin conference in Miami refused to accept Bitcoin for its attendance fees!