Everyone is talking up bitcoin as cryptocurrencies go mainstream
Article content Stephen Harper may not be a big bitcoin fan, at least not yet. However, the former prime minister recently namechecked the cryptocurrency, which this week continued its rapid rise, cracking the US$50,000 mark. “In the short to medium term … unless the U.S. becomes a catastrophe, it’s hard to see what the alternative is to the U.S. dollar as the world’s major reserve currency,” Harper told Jay Martin, chief executive of investment-conference producer Cambridge House, during an interview last month. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your b...