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Bitcoin => Press => Topic started by: pittman on April 30, 2014, 12:32:34 PM



Title: [2014-04-30] Bloomberg to List Bitcoin Prices, Offering Key Stamp of Approval
Post by: pittman on April 30, 2014, 12:32:34 PM
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304893404579532471795644350?mg=reno64-wsj

Bloomberg LP plans to list bitcoin prices on its financial data terminals, a move that could give the volatile digital currency a stamp of respectability and spark interest in U.S.-based trading platforms.

According to a blog post on Bloomberg's corporate website, the more than 320,000 subscribers to the firm's terminals will now have access to bitcoin prices from Kraken and Coinbase, both of San Francisco. Kraken bills itself as a...



Title: Re: [2014-04-30] Bloomberg to List Bitcoin Prices, Offering Key Stamp of Approval
Post by: IIOII on April 30, 2014, 12:35:47 PM
Without doubt, this news has some significance. However the question is when will their plan materialize...


Title: Re: [2014-04-30] Bloomberg to List Bitcoin Prices, Offering Key Stamp of Approval
Post by: aigeezer on April 30, 2014, 01:44:09 PM
In an attempt to appear relevant, Bloomberg will list information that is easily available elsewhere and they will do it Real Soon Now.   ;)


Title: Re: [2014-04-30] Bloomberg to List Bitcoin Prices, Offering Key Stamp of Approval
Post by: bryant.coleman on April 30, 2014, 02:59:06 PM
This is excellent news, no doubt. BTW... where are they going to list it? Among the equities, among the commodities, or among the currencies? Anyway... we should not rest with this news. Bloomberg is a stepping stone. The next targets are finance.google.com and finance.yahoo.com.