A factor driving bitcoin's rally could be that people think owning it gives them social status

http://ift.tt/2iaSK1f from Bernstein Research compared the recent demand for bitcoin to markets in China's anti-ageing medicine and high-end liquor. Their research considered the characteristics of a Veblen good — a product which gains its appeal from the social status attained by owning it. The analysts also ...

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