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Bitcoin has 'pretty much failed' as a currency, Bank of England boss Mark Carney declares
The governor made these comments whilst giving a talk to students at London’s Regent’s University. Mr Carney said: “It has pretty much failed thus far on ... the traditional aspects of money. It is not a store of value because it is all over the map. Nobody uses it as a medium of exchange.” Like many others he believes that blockchain, the underlying technology which helps power bitcoin, could be used as a way to verify financial transactions in a decentralised way. He also spoke about Brexit and said that in order to make the UK’s departure from the European Union (EU) as smooth as possible, British ... (full story)
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