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Bitcoin’s Overblown Wall Street Debut

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Could the recent announcement by the NYSE that it’s launching a bitcoin price index mean that the virtual curency has finally found legitimacy? Pretty to think so but probably not.

Jeffrey Robinson
Jeffrey Robinson
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