World leaders are embracing bitcoin because they're scared of losing control

Reuters/Alexander Zemlianichenko World leaders are embracing cryptocurrencies so that they have some say in its future. Russian President Vladamir Putin pulled a complete 180. Last yea rthe country considered jailing bitcoin owners, but now has invested in crypto mining companies. Cryptocurrency may be one of the biggest threats to governments, security and the entire financial system that we’ve ever seen. It can help fund terrorism and its anonymity makes it almost impossible to track. Most i...