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“In the past, bitcoin was traded only by the people who have been dealing with crypto-currencies. This year, regular people are starting to join, making trading so volatile,” said one Japan analyst.
The average person can easily purchase and trade bitcoins through an online trading platform such as Coinbase using their normal debit or credit card, meaning real money can flood into the currency very quickly.
“Retail investors who might otherwise have traded stocks or an exchange traded fund are now trading bitcoins,” said Leonhard Weese, president of the Bitcoin Association Hong Kong and a bitcoin investor.
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