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The dark side of Bitcoin's meteoric rise

2021/3/17
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Bitcoin is having a moment. The cyber currency broke through its own record this past weekend with each bitcoin valued at over $60,000 USD. That’s more than two times Bitcoin’s value at the start of the year. If FOMO is getting the best of you, consider this: Bitcoin may be making some investors fabulously rich, right now at least, but at what cost to people, and the planet?

In this episode:

Guest host Patricia Sabga), managing business editor) for Al Jazeera Digital; Ben Piven (@benpiven)), journalist covering economics and the environment for Al Jazeera

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