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April 19, 2013 05:38 pm GMT

Stephen Colbert: What Could Go Wrong With Bitcoin?

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Bitcoin has gone up and down recently, and even the Treasury Department is jumping into the virtual currency's fray. Some argue, however, that the monetary program isn't really a currency at all.

Comedian Stephen Colbert tackled the controversial Bitcoin on his show Wednesday night.

"Essentially the online world is the central bank here. Just imagine if the Federal Reserve was taken over by GameStop," Colbert said, referring to the largest video game retailer. "How does this unregulated, imaginary currency invented by an anonymous hacker, backed by the full faith and credit of YouTube comments ever go wrong?" Read more...

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