"What the hell is going on?" Some experts question before climbing from 0 to almost $ 1,000 that has starred this virtual currency in less than a year.
A few months ago, when the Bitcoin phenomenon began to be known, some of our users were asked in Investment Strategies forums where this was going ...
Well, today we can say that Bitcoin has been exceeded for the first time in PayPal transaction volume, thanks to moves that have exceeded 416 million dollars dela fictitious currency against the real-397-million. Nothing to do, if anything, with giants such as Mastercard and led the ranking in which the British company represents only one percent of the pie.
Cotización BITCOIN (FUENTE: CHART BITCOIN)
One week ago One bitcoin cost 30 euros and is now sold at 145. All a business and a whole bubble. But what is bitcoin? It is the virtual currency that you can buy and pay for almost everything. Not subject to no government or central bank, so there is no possibility to remove, playpens or preferred. Although many fear will become the new speculative toy.
The first major scandal splashed Internet currency , the Bitcoin , which is facing its first major fraud. A
U.S. citizen has been charged by the Securities Commission on Security
and have created a Ponzi scheme as it did in its day Bernard Madoff,
sentenced in 2009 to 150 years in prison . Although
the amount of money is much lower than that of this case , it is
particularly interesting that has been made with Bitcoin criptomoneda .
The
Securities and Exchange Commission , the famous American - SEC filed a
complaint against a citizen of the state of Texas, accused of outline a "
fly-by " based on the virtual currency Bitcoin , between September 2011
and September 2012.