“The willingness to invest in GBL despite its shortcomings demonstrates just how popular ‘crypto-currency’ has become in China. In early November, BTC China overtook Mt. Gox and Bistamp to become the largest bitcoin exchange site in the world, handling 34 percent of global bitcoin transactions over the previous seven days, according to data from Bitcoinity.org, a website that tracks bitcoin exchanges.  Bitcoin’s appeal to Chinese investors is manifold. The currency experienced a major spike in value in July shortly after being the subject of overwhelmingly favorable reports on CCTV, China’s state-run television station, and People’s Daily, the main Communist Party newspaper.”

http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/bitcoin-scandal-reflects-popularity-of-virtual-currency-in-china/?_r=0

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