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Economy

Bitcoin believers plot a bounceback

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Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have not reached the mainstream, but shops such as this one in Vancouver have begun to accept the payment method.   © Reuters

TOKYO -- Mt. Gox has gone. The 2013 darling of the bitcoin universe is in liquidation. Customers are unlikely to get back the estimated $450 million said to have been held on the exchange.

     Yet the Tokyo-based company's disappearance has not dampened the sentiment of some bitcoin enthusiasts.

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