[2017-08-24] Middle America Is Crazy in Love With Bitcoin

[sheld0n]

If you're not buying Bitcoin, you're not keeping up with the Joneses.
The American middle class is falling in love with the unregulated cryptocurrency's skyrocketing value, which hit a record-breaking $4,400 in August, a 600 percent year-over-year increase.
There are now more Google searches for Bitcoin than for Beyoncé. It's not just bankers and techno-nerds buying up this "digital gold," hoping to sell them for more later, but flight attendants, ironworkers, and small business owners.
NBCNews