Cryptocurrency craze wins over Harry Redknapp – but gets red card from others | Nils Pratley
by Nils Pratley from Technology | The Guardian on (#34W4C)
Ex-football boss is 'proper excited' about something dismissed by IMF, bankers and economists
The trouble with these cryptocurrencies is that expert opinion is so divided. In the sceptical camp, you have the likes of Kenneth Rogoff, the former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund; Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of one of the world's largest banks, JP Morgan; and our own Financial Conduct Authority. In the other camp, there's Harry Redknapp.
Yes, the football manager who recently departed Birmingham City is the latest celebrity to join the craze. "Proper excited about Mobile Cryptocurrency! I'm in, get involved!" tweeted Redknapp in support of Electroneum, which bills itself as "the first British cryptocurrency."
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