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No. 7 of 93 worst aged · Financial Times · November 10, 2015

“Bitcoin's place in the long history of pyramid schemes”

Financial Times headline: Bitcoin's place in the long history of pyramid schemes

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$335

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$84,972

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+25,244%

Pyramid schemes must always suck in new converts to avoid collapse. Bitcoin shares some of these features.

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