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		rtpg on Jan 22, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Argentina restricts online shopping as foreign res... despite all that inflation bitcoin's volatility is a lot higher.

martinvol on Jan 22, 2014 | [–]

Actually no, today the peso was devalued by 3% compared to the US dollar. In just one day.

And bitcoins can easily be exchanged by US dollars, so is not a bad a idea for Argentinians after all.

ekianjo on Jan 22, 2014 | [–]

Not so much in the past few weeks. After the China news stories the price has been pretty stable.

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