Bloomberg Brief Does Bitcoin

Bitcoin is treated as a dirty word in many circles, but it may be gaining ground. At the very least, the digital currency and technology that underlies it are getting an increasing amount of attention. Bloomberg Brief published on Thursday a special report on Bitcoin. The issue includes input from proponents and protractors alike, delving into Bitcoin’s history, technology, regulation and applications. “There are plenty of people in Silicon Valley, Wall Street and other tech or money hubs around the world working on it, but no definitive answers are in sight,” writers Carter Dougherty of Bloomberg News. “With price swings…