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Francisco Blanch, B of A, head of global commodities and derivatives research research joins us.

What's your take on this?

You've been writing about Bitcoin here and there

for years now, Francisco.

Has it now been accepted, widely accepted in the institutional investment community?

Well, look, I think, I think, uh,

cryptocurrencies in general and Bitcoin in particular are I think

crypto currencies in general and Bitcoin in particular are to your earlier question. I think they're clearly they're

clearly tokens and tokens are

commodities so I wouldn't necessarily qualify them as currencies.

Currencies are issued by a government.

Bitcoin or any any cryptocurrency can be issued by almost anyone right so in that sense it's a bit

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