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Re:Argentina restricts online shopping as foreign reserves drop by rtpg on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @02:14AM (#7101277)
despite all that inflation bitcoin's volatility is a lot higher.
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Re:Argentina restricts online shopping as foreign reserves drop by martinvol on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @05:53PM (#7105951)
Actually no, today the peso was devalued by 3% compared to the US dollar. In just one day.

And bitcoins can easily be exchanged by US dollars, so is not a bad a idea for Argentinians after all.

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Re:Argentina restricts online shopping as foreign reserves drop by ekianjo on Wednesday January 22, 2014 @02:47AM (#7101344)
Not so much in the past few weeks. After the China news stories the price has been pretty stable.
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