2013-04-11 Phys.org: Wild, unregulated hacker currency gains following

[grondilu]

With $600 stuffed in one pocket and a smartphone tucked in the other, Patricio Fink recently struck the kind of deal that's feeding the rise of a new kind of money—a virtual currency whose oscillations have pulled geeks and speculators alike through stomach-churning highs and lows.

Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-04-wild-unregulated-hacker-currency-gains.html#jCp