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BITPAY FOUNDER: Bitcoin Has Proven It Can Take A Hit
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Rob WileAs Bitcoin's value has skyrocketed in recent weeks — now $127; about $50 just a month ago — lots of people have been highlighting the "crypto-currency's" dangers.
Felix Salmon, for instance, believes Bitcoin is not a currency at all, but rather behaves more like a commodity, subject to the same touchy price changes as corn or cotton.
Bitcoin's recent flash crashes — the result of both technical and malicious failures — have only added to the skepticism.
Thursday morning, we talked with Bitpay.com's founder, Tony Gallippi to get his take.
As long as its value keeps rising, he said, it will come to be viewed like stocks or real estate.
[If it gets up to] $500 and $1,000, it's now usable for people who want to trade in and out of real estate, gold positions, stocks. Someone moving to New Zealand wondering how to get $5 million in gold ... with Bitcoin, they can cash it back out.