Bitcoin Price and IMF: Banks Should Manage Perceptions

Bitcoin Price and IMF: Banks Should Manage Perceptions

The Bitcoin price hit $400 in the Bitstamp exchange chart. Price is currently trading in the $390s and looks set to establish trade above $400 in the coming days. Meanwhile, delving further into yesterday's special IMF report, a message to the banking sector emerges: Manage Perceptions. Also read: Banking Elite Meet In Washington to Discuss Bitcoin Threat. IMF: Banks Should Manage Perceptions. Global Economy. Bitcoin Price Analysis. Comments. IMF: Banks Should Manage Perceptions. In part three of the IMF's Global Financial Stability Report entitled Risk Taking By Banks: The Role of....


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