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Bitcoin may be making some investors rich — at least for now.
Bitcoin is having a moment. The cryptocurrency broke through its own record this past weekend with each Bitcoin valued at over $60,000. That is 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:
Ben Piven, a journalist who covers economics and the environment for Al Jazeera
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