"There are many reasons to doubt the monetary value of Bitcoin, the virtual currency whose exchange rate has been gyrating wildly this month, but no one can deny its comedy value. "
I dont understand, Mr Colbert deadpanned, after being told of Bitcoins mid-April crash. How did this unregulated, imaginary currency invented by an anonymous hacker and backed by the full faith and credit of YouTube comments ever go wrong?
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/55733b80-addf-11e2-a2c7-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Rd4Y9kCJ
I'm absolutely shocked that the established banking and financial sector would feel threatened by an independent currency that they can't manipulate or control.
Shocked.