Every MIT student just got $100 worth of Bitcoin
Two stories today in what may well be a sign of the crypto-currency’s slow rise to relevance:
- Bloomberg is going to start tracking the Bitcoin-U.S. dollar exchange rate on its data terminals.
- And on a more interesting note, every undergraduate at MIT is going to get $100 in bitcoins thanks to the MIT Bitcoin Club. They raised half a million dollars from alumni and “the bitcoin community.” In their words, they fundraised to “spur academic and entrepreneurial activity.”
Basically… every MIT undergrad just got a hundred bucks!
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