New York Times (July 20)
“One reason U.S. investors are nervous is the price of oil, which dropped nearly 8 percent on Monday. Rising oil prices had been seen as a sign of a strong global rebound. The sharp decline…suggests that the global demand for oil, and therefore economic activity, could be lower than thought.”
Tags: Decline, Dropped, Economic activity, Global demand, Investors, Nervous, Oil prices, Rebound, Rising, U.S.
Reuters (November 20)
“The use of bitcoin for commercial payments has dropped dramatically this year, even as the original digital coin starts to fulfill one of the basic features of any payment currency: stability.” At this point, widespread use for payments looks like “a distant dream.”
Tags: Bitcoin, Commercial payments, Currency, Digital coin, Distant, Dropped, Features, Stability
