Bitcoin makes another dramatic advance, this time above $9,500 as Korea's second largest bank, Shinhan Bank, tested Bitcoin services for its clients. The bank intends to manage and issue the private keys of bitcoin addresses and wallets. Shinhan is no small enterprise with $192-billion in assets and over 13,000 employees in 2016. Bitcoin now has a market cap over $156-billion, leaving the cryptocurrency worth more than Merck, Disney, and GE. [...]
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