BTC China, the world’s largest exchange for the digital currency bitcoin, recently secured a first round of financing, backed by Lightspeed China Partners and U.S.-based Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Also this week, the price of bitcoin rallied to a record level in the wake of comments by U.S. government officials that pointed to some of the benefits of such virtual currencies, as well as their risks.
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