[2015-10-09] Australian Prime Minister places a bid of US$2,000 worth shares in

[milaliss]

Australian Prime Minister places a bid of US$2,000 worth shares in Bitcoin Group's IPO
http://www.coinfox.info/news/3318-australian-prime-minister-places-a-bid-of-us-2-000-worth-shares-of-bitcoin-group-s-ipo

[Kprawn]

It just shows you that the banks over there are not doing the correct thing to close people's bank accounts, when they determine that it's linked to Bitcoin or exchanges.

I am very keen to see, what will happen when these banks are taken to court about that and what penalties they will have to fork out afterwards.

If the Prime Minister support Bitcoin, people should support him and vote for him to stay in that position.... We need more supporters like this on that level.  

[TraderTimm]

I find it notable that not only is a public official supporting a Bitcoin-oriented enterprise, but that person also happens to be the head of a large sovereign state.

A few years ago, such a thing would've been thought to be in the realm of fantasy. Now, Bitcoin is making such inroads that you have major players getting involved, from banks to heads of state. And yet, those that dislike Bitcoin still tell me that its a "fad" or a "ponzi".

Sorry, but I've always known that those critics were wrong, for the same reasons they were wrong about the transformative power of the internet. Hindsight won't be kind to those that mocked Bitcoin in its early stages.