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Bitcoin Explained, For Meeting Planners

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Pan Gongsheng, vice governor of the People’s Bank of China, told a financial meeting over the weekend that Bitcoin is a bubble waiting to burst, like “tulip mania” in the 1600s and the dot-com crash. It does this for a small fee, but without having to go through a bank or other central authority. Why Do We Need It?