“Bitcoins, the virtual currency that fell by more than half after surging past $1,100 last year, are probably one to three years away from broader adoption that will challenge industries, Wedbush Securities Inc. analysts wrote. Venture-capital investments in bitcoin businesses have doubled in less than three months, and programmers are bolstering security, the analysts wrote. As bitcoins catch on, they will cut into more than $300 billion in revenue generated by global payments and challenge industries that account for about 20 percent of U.S. gross domestic product, the analysts said.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-28/bitcoins-to-survive-lull-shake-industries-wedbush-says.html
Related posts:
Man poses as relative, orders friend off life support
Fracking could ruin German beer industry, brewers tell Angela Merkel
Washington state purges 'sexist' language from public laws
Norway Gets U.S. Help Chasing Citizens Dodging Income Taxes
3,600 new laws in three years as EU strangles UK firms [2013]
8-child family defies China’s one-child policy
The dangerous drift towards world war in Asia
Goldfeder wants TSA to park at airport
On Wall Street, the Rising Cost of Faster Trades
Welcome to the Future: Congress Takes on 3-D Printing
Court: Iceland doesn’t need to repay UK and Dutch depositors
Doctors eradicate girl’s cancer by reprogramming HIV
Hospitals bribed by NHS to put patients on pathway to death
Oklahoma Student Expelled for Casting a Spell
Dark side of Ca. pot legalization: a bonanza of government jobs