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Betting on bitcoin: The risky world of cryptocurrency

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Betting on bitcoin: The risky world of cryptocurrency

There’s money to be made—and lost—investing in digital currencies. You can even bypass the banks and their fees.

The underlying technology could revolutionise our financial system, but is this unregulated innovation worth the risk?

David Lewis reports.

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Business, Economics and Finance, International Financial Crisis, Money and Monetary Policy, Internet
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