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The blockchain economy is coming, with or without bitcoin

Cryptocurrency may become the preferred way to pay for everyday goods and services

Symbol of a new virtual currency bitcoin, the new virtual money.
Symbol of a new virtual currency bitcoin, the new virtual money. Photo: Iara Venanzi

The rational price of bitcoin is an open question.

But with bitcoin futures now trading in and and a NYSE-traded exchange-traded fund likely, informed bitcoin traders over time will determine rational prices based on expectations of the success of blockchain technology and the role bitcoin will play in it.

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