INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
For cryptocurrencies, this year has been a virtual nightmare with Bitcoin, the electronic medium
of exchange that has caught the fancy of
the new-asset hunters in recent times, bungee-dropping 80% from its peak of $19,000 attained last December
This year’s fall was an upside-down image of its upward climb the whole of last year, highlighting the volatility of this so-called asset
while at the same time lending weight to the voice of its big-name detractors such as
Warren Buffett, who calls it ‘rat poison squared’,
or Nouriel Roubini, for whom it is nothing but a ‘mother of all scams’
ET tracks the fortunes of the virtual currency
