Bitcoin and the US currency are displayed on a screen as delegates listen to a panel during the Interpol World Congress in Singapore on July 4. The price of bitcoin versus the US dollar has gone up over 330 times. Photo: AFP Bitcoin and the US currency are displayed on a screen as delegates listen to a panel during the Interpol World Congress in Singapore on July 4. The price of bitcoin versus the US dollar has gone up over 330 times. Photo: AFP
Bitcoin and the US currency are displayed on a screen as delegates listen to a panel during the Interpol World Congress in Singapore on July 4. The price of bitcoin versus the US dollar has gone up over 330 times. Photo: AFP
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Hong Kong must join China to lead the bitcoin revolution, or be left in the dust

Jesse Friedlander says Hong Kong must move swiftly to recognise digital money and leverage China’s huge interest and stake in bitcoin, or become a casualty of tech-led globalisation

Topic |   Bitcoin
Jesse Friedlander
Jesse Friedlander

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Bitcoin and the US currency are displayed on a screen as delegates listen to a panel during the Interpol World Congress in Singapore on July 4. The price of bitcoin versus the US dollar has gone up over 330 times. Photo: AFP Bitcoin and the US currency are displayed on a screen as delegates listen to a panel during the Interpol World Congress in Singapore on July 4. The price of bitcoin versus the US dollar has gone up over 330 times. Photo: AFP
Bitcoin and the US currency are displayed on a screen as delegates listen to a panel during the Interpol World Congress in Singapore on July 4. The price of bitcoin versus the US dollar has gone up over 330 times. Photo: AFP
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