The dark side of Bitcoin's meteoric rise
The Take
English - March 17, 2021 09:30 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 360 ratingsNews Society & Culture aj+ world journalism reporters al jazeera global news news podcasts international news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Bitcoin is having a moment. The cyber currency broke through its own record this past weekend with each bitcoin valued at over $60,000 USD. That’s more than two times Bitcoin’s value at the start of the year. If FOMO is getting the best of you, consider this: Bitcoin may be making some investors fabulously rich, right now at least, but at what cost to people, and the planet?
In this episode:
Guest host Patricia Sabga, managing business editor for Al Jazeera Digital; Ben Piven (@benpiven), journalist covering economics and the environment for Al Jazeera
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