Monthly Archives: September 2017

Former SEC chief says regulator not equipped to take on bitcoin

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Arthur Levitt, a former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, said on Thursday he believed the regulator was ill equipped to deal with bitcoin, the digital currency that has seen a meteoric price rise, prompting concerns of a bubble.

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ECB’s Constancio compares Bitcoin to Dutch tulip mania

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Bitcoin is not a currency but a mere instrument of speculation, the vice president of the European Central Bank said on Friday, comparing the digital currency to tulip bulbs during the 17th century trading bubble in the Netherlands.

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