http://www.lrb.co.uk/v38/n08/john-lanchester/when-bitcoin-grows-up

A good read from last year.

Circle unveiled itself at a bitcoin conference in 2014, vowing to take the digital currency mainstream. But like so many other startups that embraced this big idea at around the same time, its mission has changed.

In January, I met Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire for coffee in San Francisco. Even then, he was careful to paint his company not as a bitcoin operation but as an outfit that would help people easily trade good old-fashioned dollars with friends and family via a new smartphone app. And now, as it announced yesterday, Circle will no longer allow customers to buy and sell bitcoin. "READ MORE FROM LINK BELOW"

News Source: https://www.wired.com/2016/12/future-bitcoin-not-digital-currency/

What do you guys think ? I certainly think bitcoin will become the digital currency in future and this article is BS. However, I'm no bitcoin expert. What do you guys think about this ? Will it become the digital currency in future ?

News URL : http://www.telegraaf.nl/dft/nieuws_dft/27348707/__Bitcoin_start_2017_boven_1000_dollar__.html