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Educational Use
While many people have heard of Bitcoin, far fewer understand it. In short, Bitcoin is a digital currency that allows transactions independent of the banking system. Lately, many people are buying Bitcoin purely as a financial investment, hoping it will appreciate. So which is it—currency or financial asset? Read more about it in the March 2018 issue of Page One Economics.
- Subject:
- Business and Communication
- Economics
- Finance
- Social Science
- Material Type:
- Lesson
- Reading
- Provider:
- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Provider Set:
- Page One Economics
- Author:
- Scott A. Wolla
- Date Added:
- 09/11/2019