“Why the ECB suddenly felt threatened so much by Bitcoin, it felt an imperative to issue a 55 page paper decrying such electronic currencies we will never know. What we do know, however, courtesy of a reminder by Bloomberg’s Max Raskin, is that since the publication of said paper, the value of Bitcoin as tracked by the Mtgox exchange, has soared some 40% in just under three months, from a ‘fiat equivalent value’ of $13 to a most recent closing price of $18.50, and has doubled in the past 12 months alone.”
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-01-28/chart-day-ecb-responsible-second-coming-bitcoin
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