Bitcoin optimistic despite major setback

1,051 views · Published 27 February 2014 · 2:21 · Indexed 15 October 2026

Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics

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The digital currency, Bitcoin, was described as the money of the future, and destined to become a part of our everyday lives. But now, after its largest online exchange was shut amid claims of fraud and theft, serious doubts hang over its future.

Al Jazeera's Tarek Bazley spoke to Jon Matoni, executive director of Bitcoin Foundation, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

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