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The rise of Bitcoin

Name: The rise of Bitcoin
Uploaded: 2013-07-04T14:03:46.209Z
Duration: 5 min
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Maija Palmer on where the digital currency is heading

Bitcoin, a decentralised, virtual currency, is garnering increasing interest from investors and entrepreneurs. The FT's Maija Palmer reports from a Bitcoin conference on where the currency is heading and goes to buy her first (fraction) of a Bitcoin.

July 4, 2013

Filmed, produced and edited by Seb Morton-Clark.